API Workspace

Code-aware API development, testing, debugging, and monitoring — directly inside VS Code.

API Workspace is a powerful API development workspace built for developers who want to design, test, debug, replay, and monitor APIs without constantly switching between VS Code and external API tools.

Features

API Testing

Test your APIs directly from VS Code.

• Send HTTP requests
• Test GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE APIs
• View response status
• Inspect response headers
• Inspect response body
• Measure response time
• Debug API failures quickly

Start & Stop Your Development Server

Manage your local API server directly from the API Workspace sidebar.

• Start server
• Stop server
• View server status
• Quickly access your API routes

No need to leave VS Code to manage your development server.

Request Replay

Easily replay previous API requests.

Useful when debugging:

• Authentication issues
• API errors
• Database operations
• Request payload problems
• Backend changes

API Explorer

Explore your project's API routes from inside VS Code.

Quickly discover and interact with your backend endpoints without manually searching through your source code.

Collections

Save frequently used API requests into collections.

Organize your APIs by:

• Project
• Feature
• Service
• Environment
• API version

Example:

📁 User APIs
   ├── Login
   ├── Register
   ├── Get Profile
   └── Update Profile

📁 Product APIs
   ├── Create Product
   ├── Get Products
   ├── Update Product
   └── Delete Product