diff --git a/swh/web/client/cli.py b/swh/web/client/cli.py
--- a/swh/web/client/cli.py
+++ b/swh/web/client/cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         if not conf:
             raise ValueError(f"Cannot parse configuration file: {config_file}")
 
+        # TODO: Determine what the following conditional is for
         if config_file == DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH:
             try:
                 conf = conf["swh"]["web"]["client"]
@@ -126,6 +127,57 @@
         sys.stderr.close()
 
 
+@web.group(name="save", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
+@click.pass_context
+def savecodenow(ctx: Context,):
+    """Subcommand to interact from the cli with the save code now feature
+
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+@savecodenow.command("submit-request")
+@click.option("--delimiter", "-d", default=",")
+@click.pass_context
+def submit_request(ctx, delimiter: str) -> None:
+    """Submit new save code now request through cli pipe. The expected format of the request
+    if one csv row ``<visit_type>,<origin>``.
+
+    Example:
+
+        cat list-origins | swh web save submit-request
+
+        echo svn;https://svn-url\ngit;https://git-url | swh web save \
+            submit-request --delimiter ';'
+
+    Prints:
+        The output of save code now requests as json output.
+
+    """
+    import json
+    import logging
+    import sys
+
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, stream=sys.stderr)
+
+    client = ctx.obj["client"]
+
+    processed_origins = []
+    for origin in sys.stdin:
+        visit_type, origin = origin.rstrip().split(delimiter)
+
+        try:
+            saved_origin = client.origin_save(visit_type, origin)
+            logging.info("Submitted origin (%s, %s)", visit_type, origin)
+            processed_origins.append(saved_origin)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.warning(
+                "Issue for origin (%s, %s)\n%s", origin, visit_type, e,
+            )
+    logging.debug("Origin saved: %s", len(processed_origins))
+    print(json.dumps(processed_origins))
+
+
 @web.group(name="auth", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
 @click.option(
     "--oidc-server-url",
diff --git a/swh/web/client/client.py b/swh/web/client/client.py
--- a/swh/web/client/client.py
+++ b/swh/web/client/client.py
@@ -608,3 +608,21 @@
                 q = r.links["next"]["url"]
             else:
                 done = True
+
+    def origin_save(self, visit_type: str, origin: str) -> Dict:
+        """Save code now query for the origin with visit_type.
+
+        Args:
+            visit_type: Type of the visit
+            origin: the origin to save
+
+        Returns:
+            The resulting dict of the visit saved
+
+        Raises:
+            requests.HTTPError: if HTTP request fails
+
+        """
+        q = f"origin/save/{visit_type}/url/{origin}/"
+        r = self._call(q, http_method="post")
+        return r.json()
diff --git a/swh/web/client/tests/api_data_static.py b/swh/web/client/tests/api_data_static.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/web/client/tests/api_data_static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2021  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+
+API_DATA_STATIC = {
+    "origin/save/git/url/https://gitlab.org/gazelle/itest/": r"""
+  {
+    "visit_type": "git",
+    "origin_url": "https://gitlab.org/gazelle/itest",
+    "save_request_date": "2021-04-20T11:34:38.752929+00:00",
+    "save_request_status": "accepted",
+    "save_task_status": "not yet scheduled",
+    "visit_date": null
+  }
+    """,
+    "origin/save/git/url/https://git.renater.fr/anonscm/git/6po/6po.git/": r"""
+  {
+    "visit_type": "git",
+    "origin_url": "https://git.renater.fr/anonscm/git/6po/6po.git",
+    "save_request_date": "2021-04-20T11:34:40.115226+00:00",
+    "save_request_status": "accepted",
+    "save_task_status": "not yet scheduled",
+    "visit_date": null
+  }
+    """,
+    "origin/save/git/url/https://github.com/colobot/colobot/": r"""
+  {
+    "visit_type": "git",
+    "origin_url": "https://github.com/colobot/colobot",
+    "save_request_date": "2021-04-20T11:40:47.667492+00:00",
+    "save_request_status": "accepted",
+    "save_task_status": "not yet scheduled",
+    "visit_date": null
+  }
+    """,
+}
diff --git a/swh/web/client/tests/conftest.py b/swh/web/client/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/web/client/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/web/client/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
+import os
+
 import pytest
+import yaml
 
 from swh.web.client.client import WebAPIClient
 
 from .api_data import API_DATA, API_URL
+from .api_data_static import API_DATA_STATIC
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -42,6 +46,10 @@
 
     requests_mock.register_uri("POST", f"{API_URL}/known/", json=known_callback)
 
+    # Add some other post urls to mock
+    for api_call, data in API_DATA_STATIC.items():
+        requests_mock.post(f"{API_URL}/{api_call}", text=data)
+
     return requests_mock
 
 
@@ -49,3 +57,27 @@
 def web_api_client():
     # use the fake base API URL that matches API data
     return WebAPIClient(api_url=API_URL)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def cli_global_config_dict():
+    """Define a basic configuration yaml for the cli.
+
+    """
+    return {
+        "api_url": API_URL,
+        "bearer_token": None,
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def cli_config_path(tmp_path, cli_global_config_dict, monkeypatch):
+    """Write a global.yml file and writes it in the environment
+
+    """
+    config_path = os.path.join(tmp_path, "global.yml")
+    with open(config_path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(yaml.dump(cli_global_config_dict))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("SWH_CONFIG_FILE", config_path)
+
+    return config_path
diff --git a/swh/web/client/tests/test_cli.py b/swh/web/client/tests/test_cli.py
--- a/swh/web/client/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/swh/web/client/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
+import json
+import os
+
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
-from swh.web.client.cli import auth
+from swh.web.client.cli import auth, web
 
 runner = CliRunner()
 
@@ -52,3 +55,61 @@
         mock_logout.side_effect = Exception("Auth error")
         result = runner.invoke(auth, [command, oidc_profile["refresh_token"]])
         assert result.exit_code == 1
+
+
+def test_save_code_now_through_cli(mocker, web_api_mock, tmp_path, cli_config_path):
+    """Trigger save code now from the cli creates new save code now requests"""
+    origins = [
+        ("git", "https://gitlab.org/gazelle/itest"),
+        ("git", "https://git.renater.fr/anonscm/git/6po/6po.git"),
+        ("git", "https://github.com/colobot/colobot"),
+        # this will be rejected
+        ("tig", "invalid-and-refusing-to-save-this"),
+    ]
+    origins_csv = "\n".join(map(lambda t: ",".join(t), origins))
+    origins_csv = f"{origins_csv}\n"
+
+    temp_file = os.path.join(tmp_path, "tmp.csv")
+    with open(temp_file, "w") as f:
+        f.write(origins_csv)
+
+    with open(temp_file, "r") as f:
+        result = runner.invoke(
+            web,
+            ["--config-file", cli_config_path, "save", "submit-request"],
+            input=f,
+            catch_exceptions=False,
+        )
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"Unexpected output: {result.output}"
+    actual_save_requests = json.loads(result.output.strip())
+    assert len(actual_save_requests) == 3
+
+    expected_save_requests = [
+        {
+            "origin_url": "https://gitlab.org/gazelle/itest",
+            "save_request_date": "2021-04-20T11:34:38.752929+00:00",
+            "save_request_status": "accepted",
+            "save_task_status": "not yet scheduled",
+            "visit_date": None,
+            "visit_type": "git",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin_url": "https://git.renater.fr/anonscm/git/6po/6po.git",
+            "save_request_date": "2021-04-20T11:34:40.115226+00:00",
+            "save_request_status": "accepted",
+            "save_task_status": "not yet scheduled",
+            "visit_date": None,
+            "visit_type": "git",
+        },
+        {
+            "origin_url": "https://github.com/colobot/colobot",
+            "save_request_date": "2021-04-20T11:40:47.667492+00:00",
+            "save_request_status": "accepted",
+            "save_task_status": "not yet scheduled",
+            "visit_date": None,
+            "visit_type": "git",
+        },
+    ]
+    for actual_save_request in actual_save_requests:
+        assert actual_save_request in expected_save_requests
diff --git a/swh/web/client/tests/test_web_api_client.py b/swh/web/client/tests/test_web_api_client.py
--- a/swh/web/client/tests/test_web_api_client.py
+++ b/swh/web/client/tests/test_web_api_client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import json
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_date
+import pytest
 
 from swh.model.identifiers import REVISION, CoreSWHID
 from swh.web.client.client import typify_json
@@ -177,6 +178,23 @@
         assert visit in actual_visits
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "visit_type,origin",
+    [
+        ("git", "https://gitlab.org/gazelle/itest"),
+        ("git", "https://git.renater.fr/anonscm/git/6po/6po.git"),
+        ("git", "https://github.com/colobot/colobot"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_origin_save(visit_type, origin, web_api_client, web_api_mock):
+    """Post save code now is allowed from the client."""
+    save_request = web_api_client.origin_save(visit_type, origin)
+
+    assert save_request is not None
+    assert save_request["save_request_status"] == "accepted"
+    assert save_request["visit_date"] is None
+
+
 def test_known(web_api_client, web_api_mock):
     # full list of SWHIDs for which we mock a {known: True} answer
     known_swhids = [