APIMon

Apimon v2.0.0 — a devtools command-line toolkit for checking, validating, generating, formatting, linting, explaining, converting, templating, diffing, previewing, fixing, and reporting on API-related tasks. All operations are timestamped and logged, with built-in search, statistics, and multi-format export.

Commands

How It Works

Each command (check, validate, generate, format, etc.) works as a timestamped log recorder:

• With arguments: saves the input to ~/.local/share/apimon/<command>.log with a timestamp, then confirms the entry count.
• Without arguments: displays the 20 most recent entries from that command's log file.

All activity is also recorded in a central history.log for cross-command traceability.

Data Storage

• Location: ~/.local/share/apimon/
• Log files: One .log file per command (e.g., check.log, validate.log, format.log)
• History: history.log — central activity log across all commands
• Export: export.json, export.csv, or export.txt generated on demand
• Format: Each log line is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM|<input>

Requirements

• Bash (4.0+)
• Standard Unix utilities (wc, du, grep, tail, head, date)
• No external dependencies or API keys required

When to Use

1. API health monitoring — use apimon check "GET /health returned 200 in 45ms" to log each endpoint check with response details
2. Schema validation tracking — run apimon validate "OpenAPI spec v3.1 passed all rules" to record validation outcomes over time
3. Generating mock data records — use apimon generate "Mock /users response with 50 entries" to log data generation tasks
4. Linting API definitions — run apimon lint "spectral lint passed for orders.yaml" to track lint history
5. Uptime reporting — use apimon report "Daily uptime: 99.97%" to log uptime metrics, then apimon export json to build dashboards

Examples

# Check an API endpoint
apimon check "GET https://api.example.com/health — 200 OK, 32ms"

# Validate a response schema
apimon validate "POST /orders response matches OrderSchema v2"

# Generate mock data
apimon generate "10 sample user objects for /api/users"

# Format an API response
apimon format "pretty-print JSON response from /api/products"

# Lint an API spec
apimon lint "openapi-lint passed for petstore.yaml"

# Explain an HTTP status
apimon explain "502 Bad Gateway — upstream server not responding"

# Convert request format
apimon convert "curl command to Python requests"

# Create a request template
apimon template "GET with auth headers and pagination"

# Diff two API versions
apimon diff "v1 vs v2 breaking changes in /users endpoint"

# Preview a request
apimon preview "GET /api/search?q=test&limit=20"

# Record a fix
apimon fix "resolved timeout issue on /api/export endpoint"

# Generate a report entry
apimon report "Weekly API health summary: 99.9% uptime"

# View summary statistics
apimon stats

# Export all data as CSV
apimon export csv

# Search for keywords
apimon search "timeout"

# View recent activity
apimon recent

# Health check
apimon status

Output

Results go to stdout. Save with apimon export json > backup.json. All entries are persisted to the data directory for later retrieval and analysis.

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