tgrk / apidiff

CLI tool for comparing REST/HTTP JSON APIs

API Diff

Records HTTP API (JSON based) calls and compares the them on both HTTP and JSON level. This is helpful when migrating or refactoring APIs to make sure your API contract did not change. It also stores basic performance metrics.

Installation

As binary:

$ go get github.com/tgrk/apidiff
$ go install github.com/tgrk/apidiff/cmd/apidiff

As dependency:

$ go get gopkg.in/tgrk/apidiff.v1

Usage

$ apidiff -h
Usage: apidiff [OPTIONS] argument ...

  -compare
    	compare recorded sessions against a URL
  -del
    	list all recorded API sessions
  -detail
    	view detail fo recorded API session
  -dir string
    	path where API calls are stored (default $HOME/.apidiff/)
  -list
    	list all recorded API sessions
  -name string
    	name of session to be recorded
  -record
    	record a new API session
  -show
    	list all recorded API sessions
  -v	prints current program version
  -verbose
    	output basic progress

Record a new session

Reads manifest file from both CLI arguments and STDIN:

appidiff -record -name "foo" examples/simple.yaml

$ cat examples/simple.yaml | ./appidiff -record -name "foo"

List all existing sessions

appidiff -list

Show an existing session

appidiff -show "foo"

Detail of first session interaction

appidiff -detail "foo" 1

Delete an existing session

appidiff -del "foo"

Compare against an existing sessions

Compare existing session against a manifest with other API:

appidiff -compare -name "bar" examples/simple.yaml