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HTTP File Generator for Visual Studio (PREVIEW)

HTTP File Generator for Visual Studio (PREVIEW)

Christian Resma Helle

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Generate .http files from OpenAPI (Swagger) specifications
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HTTP File Generator

Generate .http files from OpenAPI specifications

.http files were made popular by the Visual Studio Code extension REST Client, which then was adopted by JetBrains IDE's, and later on Visual Studio 2022

Usage

From the Tools menu select Generate .http files

Tools menu

This opens the main dialog which has similar input fields as the CLI tool

Main dialog

You can acquire an Azure Entra ID access token by clicking on the ... button beside the Authorization Headers input field

Acquire Azure Entra ID access token

By default, the Output folder is pre-filled with the path of the currently active C# Project in the Solution Explorer, suffixed with \HttpFiles

Solution explorer

Once the .http files are generated you can easily open and inspect them

.http file

Notice

This project is in its very early stages and its marketplace visibility is supposed to be marked as PREVIEW

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