API Tester CLI

A command-line tool for testing APIs using YAML configuration files.

Features

• YAML-based test configuration
• Parallel test execution with concurrency control
• Environment variable substitution
• HTTP method support (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Status code assertions
• JSON response validation
• JSONPath field access
• Array length validation
• Numeric comparison operators
• Custom request headers
• Request duration tracking
• Color-coded test reports
• Query parameter support
• Authentication presets
• Test dependencies and chaining
• Response data extraction
• Test grouping and tagging
• Retry logic
• Export reports (JSON, HTML, XML)
• Mock server integration
• Request/response logging
• CI/CD integration helpers

Installation

go install github.com/dawgdevv/apitestercli@latest

Or clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/dawgdevv/apitestercli
cd apitestercli
go build

Usage

Create a tests.yaml file with your API test definitions, then run:

apitestercli run

Project Structure

Apitestercli/
├── cmd/           # CLI commands
├── internal/      # Internal packages
│   ├── assert/    # JSON assertions
│   ├── config/    # Configuration handling
│   ├── executor/  # Test execution
│   ├── loader/    # Test loading
│   └── report/    # Result reporting
└── pkg/
    └── models/    # Data models

License

MIT