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Stop writing API test scripts. Use plain English instead.
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Stop writing API test scripts. Use plain English instead.

via Dev.to TutorialMikołaj Badyl1mo ago

Writing API tests is tedious. You either click through Postman manually, write JavaScript test scripts, or wrestle with curl flags you forget every time. I built Octrafic to fix that - you describe what you want tested in plain English, and the AI handles the rest. This is a quick guide on how to actually use it. Installation Single binary, no runtime dependencies. # Linux/macOS curl -fsSL https://octrafic.com/install.sh | bash # Homebrew brew install octrafic/tap/octrafic # Windows iex ( iwr -useb https://octrafic.com/install.ps1 ) Set up your AI provider Octrafic supports Claude, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Gemini, Ollama, and llama.cpp. You bring your own API key - nothing goes through my servers. Run octrafic for the first time and it'll walk you through the setup. If you want to run everything locally without any API key, Ollama works great: ollama pull qwen2.5:7b Then point Octrafic at it during setup. Load your API octrafic -u https://api.example.com -s openapi.json -n "My API" -u - you

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