REST Client Next

REST Client Next lets you send HTTP requests and view responses directly inside VS Code --- no external tools required.

REST Client Next continues the maintenance of the popular REST Client extension for Visual Studio Code, originally created by Huachao. This project focuses on keeping dependencies up to date while preserving compatibility and ensuring a seamless experience for existing users.

Table of contents

• REST Client Next
  • Table of contents
  • Features
  • Elementary example
  • Installation
  • Documentation
  • Basic Example with variables
  • Why REST Client Next?
  • Build & Run locally
  • License
  • Change Log
  • Credits
  • Special Thanks
  • Feedback

Features

• Send HTTP requests from .http and .rest files
• Environment variables support
• Authentication:
  • Basic
  • Digest
  • AWS Signature v4
  • AWS Cognito
  • ~~Azure AD v1~~ (deprecated since 2023, use v2) -- REMOVED
  • Azure AD v2
  • OIDC
• GraphQL requests
• cURL import
• Code snippet generation
• Cookie persistence
• Proxy support
• Request history
• SSL client certificates

Elementary example

Create a file named test.http:

GET https://httpbin.org/get
Authorization: Basic user:password

Click Send Request above the request line.

Installation

Install from the VS Code Marketplace
Search for: REST Client Next

Documentation

Full documentation is available in tutilus.github.io github page.

Basic Example with variables

```http
@baseUrl = https://example.com
###

GET {{baseUrl}}/comments/1 HTTP/1.1

###

GET {{baseUrl}}/topics/1 HTTP/1.1

###

POST {{baseUrl}}/comments HTTP/1.1
content-type: application/json

{
    "name": "sample",
    "time": "Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:27:50 GMT"
}

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## Basic Authentication Example

``` http
GET https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/pass
Authorization: Basic user pass

Why REST Client Next?

Mainly because I use REST Client. There is already excellent forks especially one called http-yac, but my goal with REST Client Next is to preserve the original behaviour of REST Client and continue using its lightweight approach. So, meaning:

• Updated dependencies
• Modern TypeScript support
• Compatible with latest VS Code versions
• Fix the main issues
• Probably add functionalities as long as the compatibility is preserved

Build & Run locally

To build and run the extension locally for development:

npm install
# build once
npm run compile
# or watch for changes during development
npm run watch

To package a production build:

npm run package

License

MIT License

Change Log

See CHANGELOG here

Credits

This project includes contributions originally made to the upstream repository:

Special Thanks

All the amazing contributors❤️

Feedback

Please provide feedback through the GitHub Issue system, or fork the repository and submit PR.