Custom API Calls

Execute arbitrary HTTP🔗HTTPProtocol for web communication.View in glossary requests to any APS☁️APSAutodesk Platform Services - cloud APIs for CAD/BIM automation.View in glossary endpoint. Useful for accessing APIs not yet wrapped by RAPS🌼RAPSRust CLI for Autodesk Platform Services.View in glossary commands, testing endpoints, or automating custom workflows.

New in v4.5.0

Commands Overview

raps api get

Send a GET request to an APS endpoint.

raps api get <ENDPOINT> [OPTIONS]

Arguments:

• ENDPOINT - API🔌APIInterface for software components to communicate.View in glossary endpoint path (e.g., /oss/v2/buckets) or full URL

Options:

• --query KEY=VALUE - Add query parameters (repeatable)
• -H, --header KEY:VALUE - Add custom headers (repeatable)
• -o, --output FILE - Save response body to a file
• -v, --verbose - Show response headers and status

Examples:

# Get current user profile
raps api get /userprofile/v1/users/@me

# List hubs with verbose output
raps api get /project/v1/hubs --verbose

# Save response to file
raps api get /oss/v2/buckets --output buckets.json

raps api post

Send a POST request with an optional JSON📋JSONStandard data interchange format.View in glossary body.

raps api post <ENDPOINT> [OPTIONS]

Arguments:

• ENDPOINT - API endpoint path or full URL

Options:

• -d, --data JSON - Inline JSON request body
• -f, --data-file FILE - Read request body from a file
• --query KEY=VALUE - Add query parameters (repeatable)
• -H, --header KEY:VALUE - Add custom headers (repeatable)
• -o, --output FILE - Save response body to a file
• -v, --verbose - Show response headers and status

Note: --data and --data-file are mutually exclusive.

Examples:

# Create a bucket with inline JSON
raps api post /oss/v2/buckets \
  -d '{"bucketKey":"my-bucket","policyKey":"transient"}'

# Send body from file
raps api post /issues/v1/containers/PROJECT_ID/quality-issues \
  --data-file issue.json

raps api put

Send a PUT request to replace a resource.

raps api put <ENDPOINT> [OPTIONS]

Same options as raps api post.

raps api patch

Send a PATCH request to partially update a resource.

raps api patch <ENDPOINT> [OPTIONS]

Same options as raps api post.

Example:

# Update a webhook status
raps api patch /webhooks/v1/systems/data/events/dm.version.added/hooks/HOOK_ID \
  -d '{"status":"inactive"}'

raps api delete

Send a DELETE request to remove a resource.

raps api delete <ENDPOINT> [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --query KEY=VALUE - Add query parameters (repeatable)
• -H, --header KEY:VALUE - Add custom headers (repeatable)
• -v, --verbose - Show response headers and status

Note: DELETE requests do not support a request body.

Example:

raps api delete /oss/v2/buckets/my-bucket

MCP Tool

The api_request MCP🧠MCPProtocol for AI assistant tool integration.View in glossary tool enables AI assistants to make arbitrary API calls:

You: "Call the APS user profile API to get my account details"
AI: Uses api_request tool with GET /userprofile/v1/users/@me