name: http-request-builder description: Build and test HTTP requests with CLI interface: headers, auth, body, cookies, with history and templates. version: 1.0.0 author: skill-factory metadata: openclaw: requires: bins: - python3 python: - requests

HTTP Request Builder

What This Does

A CLI tool to build, test, and save HTTP requests. Send requests with custom headers, authentication, body, and cookies. Save requests as templates for reuse and maintain a history of your HTTP calls.

Key features:

• Send HTTP requests with GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS methods
• Set custom headers with key-value pairs
• Add authentication (Basic Auth, Bearer tokens)
• Include request body (JSON, form data, raw text)
• Manage cookies for requests
• Save requests as templates (JSON files) for reuse
• Load and execute saved templates
• Interactive mode for building requests step-by-step
• Command-line mode for scripting and automation
• Request history tracks your recent HTTP calls

When To Use

• You need to test REST API endpoints quickly from the terminal
• You want to save and reuse complex API requests
• You prefer a CLI tool over GUI applications like Postman
• You need to automate API testing in scripts
• You want to share API request configurations with team members
• You're debugging API issues and need to replay requests

Usage

Basic commands:

# Send a GET request
python3 scripts/main.py get https://api.example.com/data

# Send a POST request with JSON body
python3 scripts/main.py post https://api.example.com/api \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --body '{"name": "test", "value": 123}'

# Send with Basic authentication
python3 scripts/main.py get https://api.example.com/secure \
  --auth basic --username admin --password secret

# Send with Bearer token
python3 scripts/main.py get https://api.example.com/secure \
  --auth bearer --token "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9"

# Save request as template
python3 scripts/main.py post https://api.example.com/api \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --body '{"name": "test"}' \
  --save-template my-request

# Load and execute template
python3 scripts/main.py template my-request

# Interactive mode
python3 scripts/main.py interactive

# View request history
python3 scripts/main.py history

# Clear history
python3 scripts/main.py history --clear

Examples

Example 1: Simple GET request

python3 scripts/main.py get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1

Output:

Response Status: 200 OK
Response Headers:
  content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
  ...