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API Explorer
Browse any REST API from the VS Code sidebar. Pick a base URL, choose which endpoints to show, and open any record in a detail panel without leaving your editor.
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Features
Sidebar tree view of the endpoints you choose, loaded lazily when you expand a folder.Detail panel that opens beside your code with the record's fields in a table, plus a Copy JSON button.Works with any JSON API. Handles plain arrays, wrapped results like { "products": [...] }, and single objects.Status bar shortcut showing the current base URL. Click it to change it.Friendly errors with a 10 second timeout, so a slow or broken API never freezes the editor.
Getting started
Click the API Explorer icon in the Activity Bar.
Expand a folder to load its items.
Click an item to open its details.
The default setup uses the free demo API at jsonplaceholder.typicode.com.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
apiExplorer.baseUrlhttps://jsonplaceholder.typicode.comBase URL of the API
apiExplorer.resources["posts", "users", "todos"]Endpoints shown as folders, e.g. products or users/1/posts
apiExplorer.queryString_limit=20Query string added to every request, e.g. limit=20
Example for another API: set the base URL to https://dummyjson.com, resources to products and recipes, and the query string to limit=20.
Commands
API Explorer: Refresh reloads the tree.API Explorer: Set Base URL changes the API.
Limitations
Read-only: only GET requests.
No authentication yet. Token support is planned.
Requirements
Visual Studio Code 1.90 or newer.
Feedback
Issues and ideas: https://github.com/NehaK745/api-explorer/issues
