diff --git a/gns3server/main.py b/gns3server/main.py
index 0ef24789..ac6c6b19 100644
--- a/gns3server/main.py
+++ b/gns3server/main.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def parse_arguments(argv, config):
         "ssl": config.getboolean("ssl", False),
         "certfile": config.get("certfile", ""),
         "certkey": config.get("certkey", ""),
+        "record": config.get("record", ""),
         "local": config.getboolean("local", False),
         "allow": config.getboolean("allow_remote_console", False),
         "quiet": config.getboolean("quiet", False),
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ def parse_arguments(argv, config):
     parser.add_argument("--ssl", action="store_true", help="run in SSL mode")
     parser.add_argument("--certfile", help="SSL cert file")
     parser.add_argument("--certkey", help="SSL key file")
+    parser.add_argument("--record", help="save curl requests into a file")
     parser.add_argument("-L", "--local", action="store_true", help="local mode (allows some insecure operations)")
     parser.add_argument("-A", "--allow", action="store_true", help="allow remote connections to local console ports")
     parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", action="store_true", help="do not show logs on stdout")
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ def set_config(args):
     server_config["ssl"] = str(args.ssl)
     server_config["certfile"] = args.certfile
     server_config["certkey"] = args.certkey
+    server_config["record"] = args.record
     server_config["debug"] = str(args.debug)
     server_config["live"] = str(args.live)
     server_config["shell"] = str(args.shell)
diff --git a/gns3server/web/route.py b/gns3server/web/route.py
index f6f9407f..84b06da4 100644
--- a/gns3server/web/route.py
+++ b/gns3server/web/route.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 from ..modules.vm_error import VMError
 from .response import Response
 from ..crash_report import CrashReport
+from ..config import Config
 
 
 @asyncio.coroutine
@@ -125,6 +126,15 @@ class Route(object):
                 # API call
                 try:
                     request = yield from parse_request(request, input_schema)
+                    server_config = Config.instance().get_section_config("Server")
+                    record_file = server_config.get("record")
+                    if record_file:
+                        try:
+                            with open(record_file, "a") as f:
+                                f.write("curl -X {} 'http://{}{}' -d '{}'".format(request.method, request.host, request.path_qs, json.dumps(request.json)))
+                                f.write("\n")
+                        except OSError as e:
+                            log.warn("Could not write to the record file {}: {}".format(record_file, e))
                     response = Response(route=route, output_schema=output_schema)
                     yield from func(request, response)
                 except aiohttp.web.HTTPException as e: