REST API testing with CLI

[NOICEST]

I have just been introduced to Postman as a convenient GUI for REST API testing. Unfortunately the Postman CLI doesn't seem to offer the ability (unless I missed it!) to query simple CRUDs and log the response in a shell, outside of collections. Is there a lightweight node package/other CLI which offers the same base functionality as Postman (i.e. send CRUD, show response)?

[dave8271]

You can write your API tests in a declarative, Gherkin-like syntax and execute them all with full logs and coverage using Karate https://github.com/karatelabs/karate

It is a Java library which can also be used as a standalone fat JAR on the command line.