Wrapper for `curl` written in bash that uses a json configuration file.

curly-request.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ ! -d .git ]; then
  echo "Error: Not a git repository."
  exit 1
fi

if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
  echo "Error: jq is not installed."
  exit 1
fi

function load_workspace() {
  if [ -f .curl-workspace.json ]; then
    export BASE_URL=$(jq -r .base_url .curl-workspace.json)
    export HEADERS=()
    while IFS= read -r line; do
      HEADERS+=("$line")
    done < <(jq -r '.headers | to_entries | map("\(.key): \(.value)") | .[]' .curl-workspace.json)
  else
    echo "
      {\"base_url\": \"http://localhost:3000\", \"headers\": { \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\",\"Accept\": \"application/json\"}}
    " | jq > .curl-workspace.json
    echo ".curl-workspace.json" >> .git/info/exclude

    echo "File .curl-workspace not found. Created a new one."
    exit 1
  fi
}

function request() {
  headers_with_flag=()

  for header in "${HEADERS[@]}"; do
    headers_with_flag+=("-H" "$header")
  done

  if [ "$3" == "" ]; then
    curl -s -X $1 $BASE_URL$2 "${headers_with_flag[@]}"
  else
    data=$(jq -n --argjson data "$3" '$data' 2>/dev/null)

    curl -s -X $1 $BASE_URL$2 "${headers_with_flag[@]}" -d "$data"
  fi
}

function help() {
  echo "Usage: curl-requisition [get|head|post|put|delete] [route] [data]"
  echo "Example: curl-requisition get /users"
  echo "Example: curl-requisition post /users '{\"name\": \"John Doe\"}'"
}

load_workspace

if [ "$1" == "help" ]; then
  help
elif [ "$1" == "get" ]; then
  request GET $2
elif [ "$1" == "head" ]; then
  request HEAD $2
elif [ "$1" == "post" ]; then
  request POST $2 $3
elif [ "$1" == "put" ]; then
  request PUT $2 $3
elif [ "$1" == "delete" ]; then
  request DELETE $2
else
  echo "Error: Invalid request type."
  exit 1
fi