rest-sh/restish

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1367 stars · 104 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Restish is a Go-based command-line client for interacting with REST-ish HTTP APIs. It makes generic HTTP requests, auto-discovers OpenAPI descriptions to generate API-aware commands, and handles auth profiles, output filtering, pagination, and plugins.

Use cases

• call rest apis from the command line
• test api endpoints without writing curl commands
• generate a cli from an openapi spec
• manage api keys and oauth tokens for http requests
• filter and format api responses in the terminal
• follow pagination links when fetching api data
• send cbor or msgpack request bodies

When to choose

• you frequently explore or script against REST APIs from a terminal
• you want OpenAPI-driven commands, completions, and auth profiles instead of raw curl
• you need rich output formats like tables, YAML, NDJSON, or jq-style filtering

When to avoid

• you need a graphical API client like Postman or Insomnia
• you only make occasional simple requests and already know curl well
• you need GraphQL or gRPC support rather than REST/HTTP APIs

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

http-client cli auth api-framework developer-tools developer-tools apis web-development cli windows cross-platform go rest-client openapi http2 hypermedia oauth2 content-negotiation api-cli jq-filtering pagination plugins command-line macos linux docker

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