🍯 Honey API 🐝

Honey API is a sleek, lightweight API client built directly inside VS Code.
Test your REST APIs effortlessly, organize your requests, and stay in your coding flow — no external tools needed.

🚀 Latest Updates (v1.0.3)

Improvements

• Collections are now global (shared across all VS Code windows)
• Automatic cleanup of legacy workspace data

Fixes

• Response panel now scrolls correctly
• Deleting a request updates the UI immediately
• Deleting a collection now removes all related requests from the UI

UX Enhancements

• Warning message when trying to send a request without selecting one

🌟 Why Use Honey API?

• Stay inside VS Code — no switching between apps
• Organize requests into Collections for different projects
• Send HTTP requests quickly (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Customize Headers & Body for every request
• View responses instantly, color-coded for success/failure
• Persistent workspace storage — your Collections & Requests stay saved

🔹 Key Features

• Collections & Requests
  • Create multiple collections for different projects
  • Add, rename, delete requests within collections
  • Highlight active collection/request for clarity
• Request Editor
  • Full HTTP method support: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
  • Headers & JSON body editor
  • Prettified JSON response output
• Response Viewer
  • Status highlighted: green = success, red = error
  • Scrollable, readable, and persistent
• Three-panel intuitive UI
  1. Left: Collections & Requests
  2. Center: Request configuration (URL, Method, Headers, Body)
  3. Right: Response & status

🚀 How to Use Honey API

1️⃣ Open the Client

• Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac)
• Type Open Honey API and select it
• The webview opens with three panels

2️⃣ Manage Collections

• Click + Collection to create a new project collection
• Click a collection to select it; rename or delete if needed
• Active collections are highlighted in green

3️⃣ Manage Requests

• With a collection selected, click + Request
• Enter request name, URL, Method, Headers, Body
• Select a request to edit it
• Rename, modify, or delete requests anytime

4️⃣ Send a Request

• Configure URL, Method, Headers, Body
• Click Send
• Response appears in the right panel with status color-coded
• JSON responses are automatically prettified

⚡ Notes

• Workspace state storage ensures your collections and requests persist across sessions
• No external servers required — all requests are sent from the extension’s Node.js backend

📸 Mini tutorial screenshots

1. Add a new collection:

2. Add a new request:

3. Compile the selected request with method, url and click send button:

4. In the right panel you can see the response details:

📜 License

MIT License. See LICENSE