CLI for Microcks

Microcks CLI

microcks-cli is a command-line tool for interacting with Microcks server APIs. It allows to launch tests or import API artifacts with minimal dependencies. It is managed and released independently of the core Microcks server components within its own GitHub repository.

The CLI makes usage of Microcks Service Account so it’s definitely worth the read 😉

Starting with release 0.5.2, the CLI also supports non-authenticated mode when Microcks is deployed in dev mode without Keycloak. You’ll still have to provide client id and secret to commands but they will be ignored. See issue #23 for more details.

Usage instructions

Usage is simply microcks-cli [command]

where [command] can be one of the following:

version to check this CLI version,
help to display usage informations,
test to launch new test on Microcks server,
import to import API artifacts on Microcks server.

Test command

The test command has a bunch of arguments and flags so that you can use it that way:

$ microcks-cli test <apiName:apiVersion> <testEndpoint> <runner> \
  --microcksURL=<> --waitFor=5sec \
  --keycloakClientId=<> --keycloakClientSecret=<>

Check README.md for full instructions on arguments and flags.

Import command

The import command has one argument and common flags with test command. You can use it that way:

$ microcks-cli import <specificationFile1[:primary],specificationFile2[:primary]> \
  --microcksURL=<> \
  --keycloakClientId=<> --keycloakClientSecret=<>

Check README.md for full instructions on arguments and flags.

Installation

Binary

Binary releases for Linux, MacOS or Windows platform are available on the GitHub releases page. Just download the binary corresponding to your system and put the binary into the PATH somewhere.

Container image

The microcks-cli is now available as a container image. So that you’d be able to easily use it from a GitLab CI or a Tekton pipeline. The hosting repository is now on Quay.io here.

Below a sample on how using the image without getting the CLI binary:

$ docker run -it quay.io/microcks/microcks-cli:latest microcks-cli test 'Beer Catalog API:0.9' \
    http://beer-catalog-impl-beer-catalog-dev.apps.144.76.24.92.nip.io/api/ POSTMAN \
    --microcksURL=http://microcks.apps.144.76.24.92.nip.io/api/ \
    --keycloakClientId=microcks-serviceaccount \ --keycloakClientSecret=7deb71e8-8c80-4376-95ad-00a399ee3ca1 --waitFor=8sec \
    --operationsHeaders='{"globals": [{"name": "x-api-key", "values": "my-values"}], "GET /beer": [{"name": "x-trace-id", "values": "xcvbnsdfghjklm"}]}'