diff --git a/cmd/request.go b/cmd/request.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/floriankammermann/vcloud-cli/vcdapi"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+)
+
+var path string
+
+var requestCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "request",
+	Short: "execute requests",
+	Long: "execute requests",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+
+		if len(path) > 0 {
+			url := viper.GetString("url")
+			user := viper.GetString("user")
+			password := viper.GetString("password")
+			org := viper.GetString("org")
+			vcdapi.GetAuthToken(url, user, password, org)
+			vcdapi.ExecRequest(url, path, nil)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("you have to provide the path")
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	requestCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&path, "path", "n", "", "url to request")
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(requestCmd)
+}