CLI: Code Generation

The nouto codegen command generates a code snippet from a request in a collection file.

Usage

nouto codegen <collection-file> --request <name-or-id> --target <lang> [options]

Options

Option	Description	Default
`--request <name-or-id>`	Request name or ID (required)
`-t, --target <lang>`	Target language (required)
`-o, --output <file>`	Output file (stdout if omitted)	stdout
`--list-targets`	List all available targets

List Available Targets

node packages/cli/dist/bin/cli.js codegen --list-targets

Output:

  Available code generation targets:

    curl                 Shell - cURL
    javascript-fetch     JavaScript - Fetch
    javascript-axios     JavaScript - Axios
    python-requests      Python - Requests
    csharp               C# - HttpClient
    go                   Go - net/http
    java                 Java - HttpClient
    php                  PHP - cURL
    swift                Swift - URLSession
    dart                 Dart - http
    powershell           PowerShell
    typescript-types     TypeScript Types

Examples

Generate cURL

node packages/cli/dist/bin/cli.js codegen api.nouto.json --request "Create User" --target curl

Generate Python and save to file

node packages/cli/dist/bin/cli.js codegen api.nouto.json \
  --request "Create User" \
  --target python-requests \
  --output create_user.py

Generate Go code

node packages/cli/dist/bin/cli.js codegen api.nouto.json --request "List Users" --target go

What Gets Included

The generated code includes:

HTTP method and full URL (with query parameters)
All enabled headers
Request body (JSON, form data, URL-encoded, text)
Authentication supported by the selected target, including Basic, Bearer, API Key, OAuth 2.0, AWS Signature v4, Digest, and NTLM
TypeScript interface output when the selected target is typescript-types

Variable placeholders ({{variable}}) are left as-is in the generated code since the CLI does not resolve them during code generation.

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
`0`	Success
`2`	Collection file not found
`4`	Invalid collection format
`5`	Request not found
`7`	Other error (missing arguments, invalid target)