Swastik Codes for VS Code

Send API requests, run collections as tests and turn the API routes in your code into a collection, without leaving the editor. It works with your Swastik Codes workspaces, so your collections and environments are the same in VS Code, the web app and the desktop app. Swastik Codes is developed by Shwastik Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Light and fast. Requests run in a small native process that starts on your first send and stops when idle. Views load only what you open, and request tabs are released while hidden.

Requirements

VS Code 1.90 or later on Windows (x64), macOS (Apple silicon and Intel) or Linux (x64). The extension includes the swc command-line tool for your platform, so nothing else needs to be installed. A free Swastik Codes account is needed for your workspaces; sending single requests works without one.

Get started

Open Swastik Codes in the Activity Bar.
Choose Sign In and paste an API key (web app → your avatar → Account settings → API keys). The key is stored in your system keychain and only sent to the server it belongs to.
Open a request from Collections, or choose New Request (Ctrl+Alt+N / Cmd+Alt+N). You can send requests without signing in.

Sending requests

Send: Ctrl+Enter (Cmd+Enter on a Mac). Save: Ctrl+S. Cancel: Esc.
Paste a curl command into the URL box to turn it into a request.
Params, headers, body (raw JSON/XML/text, URL-encoded, form data, file, GraphQL), auth (bearer, basic, API key, or inherited from the folder), pre-request scripts and tests (pm.*), and per-request settings.
The response shows the status, time and size, pretty JSON, headers, cookies, test results, console output and timings. Open in Editor shows the whole body in a normal editor tab (search, folding, save).
Copy as cURL and Generate Code (Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, C# and more). {{variables}} are kept as written, so secrets stay out of the snippet.
Requests go out from your computer, so localhost, your LAN and VPN hosts work.

Any size, any place

Request tabs adapt to their size: request and response side by side when the tab is wide, stacked when it is narrow or tall, and a compact header in narrow tabs. Drag the divider to resize (double-click resets). The sidebar views can be moved to either side bar or the bottom panel and resized like any VS Code view. Choose the layout under Settings → Swastik Codes → Editor: Layout.

Running collections as tests

Choose Run as Tests on a collection or folder. Requests appear in the Test Explorer and each pm.test is listed under its request, with failures in the Test Results panel. Run with Options… adds iterations, a delay between requests, stop at first failure and a CSV or JSON data file. Run in Terminal runs the same thing with the swc CLI.

Environments

The status bar shows the environment used for {{variables}}; click it to switch. In Environments you can add and edit variables. Choose Set a value on this computer only for tokens and passwords: the value overrides the shared one for you and is kept in your system keychain, never uploaded. Values that scripts set with pm.environment.set() are kept the same way.

Project Sync: from your code to a collection

Project Sync finds the API routes in the open folder (Express, NestJS, Fastify, Next.js, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Spring, ASP.NET, Gin, Laravel, Rails and more) and saves them as a collection.

Scan and Link Project: pick a workspace and a new or existing collection. Existing requests keep your edits, tests and examples.
Sync now after changing routes, or turn on Sync on save.
Preview changes shows what a sync would add, update or remove.
Check for Breaking API Changes and API Inventory compare the code with git history, your API definition and the collection.

Project Sync is available in trusted workspaces only.

Right-click a collection for the Security Check, Compare Two Environments, Find Flaky Tests, Test Coverage, Load Test…, Start Mock Server and Export (Swastik Codes, Postman, OpenAPI). The Collections menu has Import a File (Postman, OpenAPI/Swagger, HAR, Insomnia), New Request from cURL, Pull/Push workspace files (Git-friendly JSON) and Start Local Bridge, which lets the web app reach localhost through this computer.

Privacy and security

Your API key is kept in the system keychain (VS Code SecretStorage) per server, and is sent only to that server.
In Restricted Mode requests cannot read workspace files and the project is not scanned. In trusted workspaces, request bodies can only read files inside the workspace folder.
History stays on this computer, without response bodies, and with credentials removed.
.swc.json files (committed with the code) cannot send your key to another server.

Settings

Setting	Default
`swastikCodes.request.timeout`	`60000`	Timeout in ms for requests without one
`swastikCodes.request.maxResponseSizeMB`	`50`	Bigger bodies are cut to save memory
`swastikCodes.request.verifyTls`	`true`	Check HTTPS certificates
`swastikCodes.request.followRedirects`	`true`	Follow redirects
`swastikCodes.editor.reuseTab`	`true`	One request tab that is replaced, like a preview
`swastikCodes.editor.layout`	`auto`	`auto`, `sideBySide` or `stacked`
`swastikCodes.history.size`	`50`	Requests kept in History (`0` turns it off)
`swastikCodes.runner.idleShutdownMinutes`	`10`	Stop the request runner when idle
`swastikCodes.project.syncOnSave`	`false`	Sync the linked collection after saves
`swastikCodes.server`	`https://swastik.codes`	Server your account is on
`swastikCodes.binaryPath`		Use another `swc` executable

Support

Questions and bug reports: support@swastik.codes or swastik.codes/contact. Documentation: swastik.codes/features/vscode.

License

Proprietary software of Shwastik Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd, free to use under the Terms of Service. See LICENSE.md for the full terms.

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