diff --git a/osc/commands_git/api.py b/osc/commands_git/api.py
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+import json
+import sys
+
+import osc.commandline_git
+
+
+class ApiCommand(osc.commandline_git.GitObsCommand):
+    """
+    Make an arbitrary request to API
+    """
+
+    name = "api"
+
+    def init_arguments(self):
+        self.add_argument(
+            "-X",
+            "--method",
+            choices=["GET", "HEAD", "POST", "PATCH", "PUT"],
+            default="GET",
+        )
+        self.add_argument(
+            "url",
+        )
+        self.add_argument("--data")
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        from osc import gitea_api
+        from osc.output import tty
+
+        self.print_gitea_settings()
+
+        url = self.gitea_conn.makeurl(args.url)
+
+        json_data = None
+        if args.data:
+            json_data = json.loads(args.data)
+
+        response = self.gitea_conn.request(
+            method=args.method, url=url, json_data=json_data
+        )
+        print(tty.colorize("Response:", "white,bold"), file=sys.stderr)
+        if response.headers.get("Content-Type", "").startswith("application/json;"):
+            print(
+                json.dumps(
+                    json.loads(response.data),
+                    indent=4,
+                    sort_keys=True,
+                )
+            )
+        else:
+            print(response.data.decode("utf-8"))