Stop Writing API Requests from Scratch Every Time

Every developer has the same ritual. You need to hit an API endpoint. You open a blank file or a terminal. You start typing curl or fetch() and then pause. What's the header for JSON again? Is it Content-Type or content-type? Do I need Authorization: Bearer with a space or without? Is the body JSON.stringify'd or raw? I've watched senior developers spend ten minutes reconstructing a POST request they've written hundreds of times before. The syntax isn't hard. The problem is that there are enough small variations across HTTP methods, auth schemes, and content types that you can never quite write it from memory without second-guessing yourself. The anatomy of an HTTP request Every HTTP request has the same fundamental structure, regardless of what tool or language you're using to send it. Method. GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS. GET retrieves data. POST creates. PUT replaces entirely. PATCH updates partially. DELETE removes. HEAD is GET without the body. OPTIONS is a preflig