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> Summary: The Neon CLI `api` command sends an authenticated request to any Neon API route and prints the response. Pass a path like `/projects`, set the method with `--method`, build a body from `--field` or `--data`, and add query parameters and headers. Run `neon api --list` to browse every endpoint.

# Neon CLI command: api

Call any Neon API route directly as an authenticated passthrough

The `api` command sends an authenticated request to any [Neon API](https://api-docs.neon.tech/reference/getting-started-with-neon-api) route and prints the response. Pass an API path as the first argument. The method defaults to `GET`, or `POST` when you supply a body.

By default the request uses your [`neon auth`](https://neon.com/docs/cli/auth) credentials. To use a specific key, pass `--api-key` or set `NEON_API_KEY`. The [key's permissions](https://neon.com/docs/manage/api-keys#types-of-api-keys) determine what the request can do.

**Note:** `api` is a raw passthrough: it does not read your [context file](https://neon.com/docs/cli/set-context) or auto-fill parameters. Pass what each route needs explicitly. For example, `neon api /projects` returns `ERROR: org_id is required` unless you add `-Q org_id=<org_id>` or authenticate with an organization API key. Get your organization ID from [`neon orgs list`](https://neon.com/docs/cli/orgs).

## Usage

```bash
neon api <path> [options]
```

## Options

| Option              | Description                                                                                                                                | Type    | Default | Required |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- | :------: |
| `--data`, `-d`      | Raw request body: a JSON string, @file, or - for stdin. Overrides --field.                                                                 | string  | —       |    No    |
| `--field`, `-F`     | Body field key=value (repeatable). Dot-notation nests objects (e.g. -F branch.name=dev); values are typed (numbers, booleans, null, JSON). | array   | —       |    No    |
| `--header`, `-H`    | Extra request header key:value (repeatable).                                                                                               | array   | —       |    No    |
| `--include`, `-i`   | Print the response status and headers before the body.                                                                                     | boolean | `false` |    No    |
| `--list`            | List available API endpoints from the OpenAPI spec.                                                                                        | boolean | `false` |    No    |
| `--method`, `-X`    | HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE). Defaults to GET, or POST when a body is provided.                                             | string  | —       |    No    |
| `--query`, `-Q`     | Query parameter key=value (repeatable).                                                                                                    | array   | —       |    No    |
| `--raw-field`, `-f` | Body field key=value with the value kept as a raw string.                                                                                  | array   | —       |    No    |
| `--refresh`         | Refresh the cached OpenAPI spec (used with --list).                                                                                        | boolean | `false` |    No    |

## Examples

### GET request

Pass required parameters with `--query` (`-Q`); add `--include` (`-i`) to print the status and headers before the body:

```bash
neon api /projects -Q org_id=org-cool-darkness-12345678 -i
```

The response is the route's raw JSON. For the fields each route returns, see the [Neon API reference](https://api-docs.neon.tech/reference/getting-started-with-neon-api).

### Request body

Set body fields with `--field` (`-F`) as `key=value`. Values are typed automatically (numbers, booleans, `null`, and JSON), and dot-notation nests objects. A body switches the default method to `POST`:

```bash
neon api /projects/{project_id}/branches -F branch.name=dev
```

This sends `{ "branch": { "name": "dev" } }`. Use `--raw-field` (`-f`) to keep a value as a literal string. For a full JSON body, use `--data` (`-d`) with a string, `@file`, or `-` (stdin).

### Create a project

`POST /projects` takes a `project` object. To create it under an organization, set `project.org_id` in the body (unlike `GET /projects`, which takes `org_id` as a query parameter):

```bash
neon api /projects -X POST -F project.name=my-project -F project.org_id=org-cool-darkness-12345678
```

For a larger body, put the JSON in a file and pass it with `-d @<file>`:

```json filename="project.json"
{
  "project": {
    "name": "my-project",
    "org_id": "org-cool-darkness-12345678"
  }
}
```

```bash
neon api /projects -X POST -d @project.json
```

### List endpoints

`--list` prints every route from the Neon OpenAPI spec; `--refresh` refetches the cached spec:

```bash
neon api --list
```

### YAML output

Responses print as JSON. Use the global `--output yaml` (`-o yaml`) for YAML:

```bash
neon api /projects -Q org_id=org-cool-darkness-12345678 -o yaml
```

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## Related docs (Org & network)

- [orgs](https://neon.com/docs/cli/orgs)
- [ip-allow](https://neon.com/docs/cli/ip-allow)
- [vpc](https://neon.com/docs/cli/vpc)

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