CLI: Import & Export

The nouto import and nouto export commands convert collections between formats from the command line.

Import

nouto import <file> [options]

Option	Description	Default
--from <format>	Source format (see below)	Auto-detect
-o, --output <file>	Output file	<name>.nouto.json

Supported Formats

Format	--from value	Auto-detected by
Postman	postman	info.schema or info._postman_id in JSON
Insomnia	insomnia	_type: "export" in JSON
Hoppscotch	hoppscotch	Array with v and name fields
Thunder Client	thunder-client	Array with containerId field
HAR	har	log.version and log.entries in JSON
OpenAPI	openapi	openapi or swagger field, or .yaml/.yml extension
Bruno	bruno	.bru file extension
cURL	curl	Content starts with curl

Examples

# Auto-detect format
nouto import postman-collection.json

# Explicit format
nouto import spec.yaml --from openapi

# Custom output path
nouto import collection.json --output my-api.nouto.json

Export

nouto export <collection-file> [options]

Option	Description	Default
--to <format>	Target format: nouto, har	nouto
-o, --output <file>	Output file	<name>.<ext>

Examples

# Export as Nouto native
nouto export my-api.nouto.json

# Export as HAR
nouto export my-api.nouto.json --to har --output traffic.har

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
2	Input file not found
4	Invalid collection format (export)
6	Import format auto-detection failed
7	Other error

Workflow

Convert a Postman collection for use with nouto run:

nouto import postman-collection.json --output my-api.nouto.json
nouto run my-api.nouto.json --reporter junit --output results.xml