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Sub-Commands

To list all available commands, run:

cats -h

All available subcommands are listed below:

  • cats help or cats -h will list all available arguments and sub-commands

  • cats list --fuzzers will list all the existing fuzzers, grouped by categories

  • cats list --fieldsFuzzingStrategy will list all the available fields fuzzing strategies

  • cats list --paths --contract=CONTRACT will list all the paths available within the contract

  • cats list --paths --contract=CONTRACT --path /my-path will list some details about the given /my-path

  • cats list --formats will list all supported formats for fields

  • cats replay "test1,test2" will replay the given tests test1 and test2

  • cats template will fuzz based on a given request template, rather than an OpenAPI contract

  • cats run will run functional and targeted security tests written in the CATS YAML format

  • cats lint will run OpenAPI contract linters, also called Linter Fuzzers

  • cats info will print debug information that are useful when submitting bug reports

  • cats stats will display basic statistics about a given OpenAPI contract like number of paths, operations, versioning, etc.

  • cats validate checks if an OpenAPI spec is valid and version used

  • cats random does continuous fuzzing based on mutators until a certain stop condition is hit

tip

Each sub-command has its own help. You can run cats sub-command -h to check all available arguments: cats fuzz -h.