RED (Request EDitor)

RED is a Console User Interface(CUI) that helps to make HTTP requests to different APIs from your favourite console text editor. You can think of it like a notebook for API requests. Alpha version, tested with Vim only ;) In the current version empty or JSON request body is supported.

Install

go get github.com/nchern/red/...

Usage

red # Opens editor for editing requests in a query file

red run # runs the query from a query file

red example # Outputs self-explainable query file body. You can get an idea about query file syntax from it 

Screenshots

Vim hints

A couple of convenient shortcuts could be added to ~/.vimrc

" runs a query
command! -range=% DoQuery :<line1>,<line2>!red run
" tries to format json with red; not a proper json will be left unmodified
command! -range JsonFmt :<line1>,<line2>!red fmt

Other editors support

Exists in theory, not tested. However, there are a couple of env variables to control an editor invocation:

• EDITOR - an editor command name, defaults to vim
• EDITOR_FLAGS - flags to pass to the editor

The utility calls then an editor with the following command line:

<EDITOR> <EDITOR_FLAGS> <query-filename> 

Inspired by

• Sense
• Postman