README.md
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<h1 align="center">Beau</h1>
<p align="center">Testing JSON APIs made easy.</p>
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## What is Beau?
Beau is a modern http client. It uses a YAML file as configuration allowing you
to test APIs without having to write lengthy commands.
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## Installation
npm install -g beau
## Usage
$ beau [COMMAND]
COMMANDS
help display help for beau
list Lists all available requests in the config file.
request Executes a request by name.
validate Validates the given configuration file against Beau's configuration schema.
## Example Configuration File
```yaml
endpoint: https://httpbin.org/
POST /anything:
alias: anything
payload:
hello: world
```
```
$ beau request anything
Status Endpoint
200 https://httpbin.org/anything
{
...
json: {
hello: "world"
},
method: "POST",
url: "https://httpbin.org/anything"
...
}
```
## Documentation
Visit https://beaujs.com/docs/ for the complete docs.
## License
Copyright 2018 David Sergio Díaz
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
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