# eykrehbein/strest

⚡️ CI-ready tests for REST APIs configured in YAML

Repository: https://github.com/eykrehbein/strest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/strest
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, cli, rest-api, testing, test-automation, typescript, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-03-14T20:41:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2916, "days_push": 2363, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1720, forks 59 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:26.778474+00:00)

## What it is
Strest is a CLI tool for testing REST APIs using declarative YAML test files. It supports chaining requests (e.g., reusing auth tokens from prior responses) and is designed to run in CI pipelines.

## Use cases
- test rest api endpoints from yaml files
- run api tests in ci pipeline
- chain http requests reusing login tokens
- declarative integration tests for rest apis
- run multiple api test files from a directory
- validate api responses without writing code

## When to choose
- you want code-free, YAML-configured REST API tests
- you need CI-ready API testing with simple setup
- you want to chain requests like login-then-authenticated-calls

## When to avoid
- you need GraphQL, gRPC, or non-REST protocol testing
- you need a maintained tool - the latest release is from 2020
- you need complex test logic beyond YAML declarative syntax

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing, http-client, cli
- domain: testing, apis, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: rest-api-testing, yaml-configuration, ci-cd, request-chaining, test-automation, command-line, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- eykrehbein/strest (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.778474+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:34:04.764223+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eykrehbein/strest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.778474+00:00, sha b1d0674eb485)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.