Install the Extension, Click Thunder Client icon on the Action Bar.
From Command Palette (Cm+Sh+P) type thunder and select Thunder Client: New Request
Videos
Why use Thunder Client over other API Client by James Quick
Basic Thunder Client Introduction video on Youtube
Documentation
For updated documentation please visit our github page
Tech
Thunder Client is built with Javascript, Flexbox, Typescript, Ace Editor, Got, Nedb. No javascript or bootstrap frameworks used.
Features
Lightweight http client with simple and clean UI.
Activity, Collections and Environment Tabs in the Action Bar View for quick access.
Graphql: Send Graphql Query & Variables has syntax highlighting support.
The Response data supports syntax hightlighting using ACE Editor which can handle large responses easily, you can also view response in Full Screen
Environment Variables: Syntax highlighting support for environment variables just use {{variable}} syntax in most fields
Scriptless Testing: Test APIs with GUI based functionality, no scripting knowledge needed.
Themes: The extension also supports VS Code themes.
Team Features
Team features allow you to store request data in git folder, for details visit github page.
Import/Export
You can import from Postman and Curl, for more details visit github page.
Run Collection
You can test multiple requests using Collection, select Run All option from the collection menu.
The collection runner will execute all requests and test cases and display the result.
Proxy
Proxy is supported using vscode proxy setting. for details visit github page.
Scriptless Testing
We need to write lot of boilerplate code in Postman and other api clients to do basic testing using scripting like status code equal 200. So I implemented GUI based tests, where you select couple of dropdowns to do most standard tests very easily without any scripting knowledge.
Set Environment Variable from response, Headers, Cookie in Tests tab is now supported, see our github page for details.
Privacy
Basic anonymised telemetry data of extension usage is collected using vscode-extension-telemetry, No Personal or request data is collected. You can opt out using VS Code Settings details here
There is no backend or cloud sync currently, all the data is stored locally on your computer.
