bruno

Bruno

Quick start — fetch docs first

Use WebFetch directly (context7 does not index Bruno docs).

This project uses the Bru Lang (.bru) format, NOT OpenCollection YAML. The Bruno desktop app and VS Code extension fully support .bru and validate a collection by the presence of a bruno.json at its root; OpenCollection's opencollection.yml alone is not reliably recognised (see usebruno/bruno#7379).

Topic	URL
Bru Lang overview	https://docs.usebruno.com/bru-lang/overview
Tag reference (request blocks)	https://docs.usebruno.com/bru-lang/tag-reference
Language design	https://docs.usebruno.com/bru-lang/language
Samples	https://docs.usebruno.com/bru-lang/samples
Variables	https://docs.usebruno.com/variables/overview
Auth	https://docs.usebruno.com/auth/overview
Secrets / .env	https://docs.usebruno.com/secrets-management/dotenv-file
Full doc index	https://docs.usebruno.com/llms.txt

Read existing requests before writing new ones: find api -name "*.bru" | head -10

Project layout

Group requests by resource under an api/ directory whose tree mirrors the API's URL path, so a URL maps predictably to a file. Name each request <verb>-<noun>.bru.

POST /api/webhook/orders → bruno/api/webhook/create-order.bru

bruno/
├── bruno.json                       # Collection config (JSON) — the file the app validates
├── collection.bru                   # Collection-level settings (headers/auth/scripts/vars)
├── .env.example                     # var names only, no values (.env is gitignored)
├── environments/
│   └── <env>.bru
└── api/                             # mirrors the URL path under /api
    └── <resource>/
        ├── create-<noun>.bru
        ├── get-<noun>.bru
        └── delete-<noun>.bru

bruno.json:

{
  "version": "1",
  "name": "<collection-name>",
  "type": "collection",
  "ignore": ["node_modules", ".git", ".env"]
}

collection.bru (collection-level settings; keep minimal unless there are shared headers/auth/scripts):

meta {
  type: collection
}

Request templates

GET with path param (see AUTH.md for auth options):

meta {
  name: Get Deal by ID
  type: http
  seq: 1
}

get {
  url: {{baseUrl}}/crm/v3/objects/deals/:dealId
  auth: bearer
}

params:path {
  dealId: 60074085675
}

auth:bearer {
  token: {{hubspotToken}}
}

POST with JSON body + API key + assertions:

meta {
  name: Create Order
  type: http
  seq: 1
}

post {
  url: {{baseUrl}}/api/webhook/orders
  body: json
  auth: apikey
}

headers {
  Content-Type: application/json
}

auth:apikey {
  key: x-api-key
  value: {{apiKey}}
  placement: header
}

body:json {
  {
    "orderNumber": "W60523"
  }
}

assert {
  $res.status: 200
  $res.body.orderNumber: W60523
}

→ GraphQL requests: see GRAPHQL.md → All auth types: see AUTH.md → Variable types & when to use: see VARIABLES.md

Body types

The method block declares body: <type>, and the body lives in its own body:<type> { ... } block.

Use case	method body:	Block
JSON payload	json	body:json { <raw json> }
URL-encoded form	form-urlencoded	body:form-urlencoded { key: value }
Multipart / file	multipart-form	body:multipart-form { key: value } / file: @file(path/to/f) @contentType(type)
Plain text	text	body:text { ... }
XML	xml	body:xml { ... }

Assertions & tests

Prefer the declarative assert {} block for status/body checks — no operator means equals:

assert {
  $res.status: 200
  $res.body.ingested: true
  ~$res.body.note: skipped        # a leading ~ disables an assertion
}

For JavaScript assertions, use a tests {} block:

tests {
  function onResponse(request, response) {
    expect(response.status).to.equal(200);
  }
}

Key rules

• No enabled: field — a leading ~ DISABLES a line (header, param, var, assert). Everything else is enabled.
• Auth is per-request: name the mode in the method block (auth: bearer) and add the matching auth:<type> {} block. For API keys use auth:apikey { key / value / placement }, or just put the key in headers {}.
• Environments are .bru files under environments/. Bruno reads them when the collection is OPENED; it does NOT hot-detect files written to disk while it is open — re-open the collection (or create the env via the UI) to pick up a new one.
• Cross-request values: vars:post-response { TOKEN: $res.body.token } sets a session-wide runtime var for later requests. Do NOT put it in the environment.
• File names: <verb>-<noun>.bru in kebab-case; seq = next number in the folder.