Cacher

About Cacher

Cacher is the code snippet organizer for pro developers. It is a cross-platform, cloud-based app used to curate a snippet library for you and your team.

Features:

• Support for editing and viewing 100+ programming languages.
• Flexible, nest-able, color-coded labels to categorize snippets.
• Shareable snippet pages via Cacher's code-sharing community: snippets.cacher.io
• Team and organization features like shared libraries, notifications, role management and code reviews.
• Desktop clients for Windows, macOS and Linux.
• Full-featured web app: app.cacher.io

About Cacher extension

This extension for VSCode gives Cacher users the ability to perform popular actions on their personal and team snippet libraries.

Getting Started

1. Install the Cacher extension.
2. You will be prompted to setup Cacher. Click the Setup Cacher button. (You can also start the setup wizard by using the Cacher: Setup command.)

3. In the prompt to "Open Cacher to view your user credentials", click View credentials. You can also navigate to the page via: app.cacher.io/enter?action=view_api_creds

4. From the popped up webpage, sign up or sign in as a Cacher user.
5. Once you are signed into Cacher, you should see a dialog open with your API KEY and API TOKEN.

6. Back in VSCode, enter your API key from step 5 into the input prompt.

7. Next, enter your API token.
8. You're all set! Open the VSCode Command Palette and type in Cacher: Insert Snippet to try inserting a snippet into your active editor.

Pro tip: Your credentials are saved in .cacher/credentials.json under your OS's home folder. This file is also used to authenticate other apps, like the Cacher CLI.

Commands

Insert Snippet

Shortcut: Alt+Shift+I

Search for and insert a snippet file from your personal and team libraries. Searches across snippets' title, description and file content.

Create Snippet

Shortcut: Alt+Shift+C

Create a snippet from either the text selection or the entire file (no selection). The command starts a wizard for you to choose:

• Personal or team library (if using teams)
• Title
• Description - Optional
• Filename
• Public/private permission
• Labels - Optional

Open Snippet in App

Shortcut: Alt+Shift+O

Find a snippet from your libraries and open it in the Cacher web app.

Open Snippet Page

Shortcut: Alt+Shift+P

Find a snippet from your libraries and open its Snippets page (example).

Refresh Snippets

Shortcut: Alt+Shift+R

Reload your Cacher snippets. Do this once you've made a change to your snippets outside of VSCode.

The extension auto-refreshes once every hour.

Setup

Kick off the setup wizard to authenticate your Cacher account. Run this command if you need to switch users.

Context Menu

Right-click on an active editor to bring up Cacher context menu actions. You can Create Snippet from the selected text (uses the entire file if no text selected) or Insert Snippet at the cursor position.

Status Bar Item

Click on </> Snippets in the VSCode footer to view all available commands.

Change Settings

Change Cacher's default behavior (Preferences > Settings > Extensions > Cacher).

Change Keyboard Shortcuts

Cacher's default shortcuts can be configured via the Keyboard Shortcuts editor (Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts).

Requirements

The Cacher VSCode extension is available for registered users on a Pro/Team plan. For a 14-day free Team trial, sign up at app.cacher.io.

Getting Help

Find help articles and file support tickets: support.cacher.io