⚡ StackerClient

Modern REST API Client for VS Code, Cursor & Antigravity IDE

🌟 Features

• 🚀 Send HTTP Requests - Full support for GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, and OPTIONS.
• 🔁 Repeat Request - Automate your testing with customizable repeat intervals (3s, 10s, 1m up to 10m) and custom timers.
• 🛡️ Tech Stack Detection - Automatically identifies 100+ technologies including Web Servers, CDNs, CMS, Frameworks (React, Next.js, Laravel), and Analytics.
• 🧪 Advanced Testing (Extraction) - Powerful data harvesting using XPath, CSS Selectors, JSON Path (JSPath), and Regex.
• 🧭 Standard JSONPath Engine - Safe and standards-oriented JSONPath support (root, wildcard, recursive descent, union, slice, and basic filters) without eval.
• ⏱️ Extraction Runtime Control - Built-in progress bar, cancel button, and timeout protection for long or expensive extraction queries.
• 📋 Extraction Templates - Save your complex extraction patterns as reusable templates for recurring tasks.
• 🗂️ Request-Scoped Versioned Templates - Search templates are versioned per request scope (METHOD + URL path) with automatic version bumps on create/rename/delete.
• 🎯 Filter-to-Body Highlight Sync - Filter results are synchronized with Body view highlights (DOM outline in Preview and text highlight in Raw mode).
• 📊 Hex Viewer - Deep-dive into binary responses (Images, PDF, ZIP) with a professional Hex/ASCII side-by-side view.
• 🌍 Environment Management - Define variables like {{baseUrl}} or {{token}} and switch between Production, Staging, and Dev environments instantly.
• 🏰 Stealth Mode - Bypass WAF/Cloudflare protection with built-in User-Agent profiles (Chrome, Safari, Mobile, Bots) and Referer spoofing.
• 🔐 Pro Authentication - Comprehensive support for Bearer Tokens, Basic Auth, API Keys, Digest Auth, and OAuth 2.0.
• 💾 Saved Tokens - Manage a library of authentication tokens for quick insertion into any request.
• 🔄 Bidirectional Sync - Real-time synchronization between the URL bar and the Query Parameters tab.
• 👁️ HTML Preview - Render and inspect HTML responses directly within the editor using a secure sandbox.
• 💾 Request History - Organized history with search, filtering, renaming, and persistent storage.
• 📥 Import cURL - Instantly convert regular cURL commands into StackerClient requests.
• 🔍 Smart Autocomplete - Intelligent header and variable suggestions as you type.
• 📜 Word Wrap - Toggle text wrapping for better readability of long responses.
• 🎨 Modern & Premium UI - A clean, high-performance interface with native VS Code theme support and categorized layouts.

⌨️ Quick Start

Open StackerClient

Press Ctrl+Shift+R (Mac: Cmd+Shift+R) to open the main panel instantly.

Quick Access Menu

Click the ⚡ StackerClient button in your VS Code status bar for a quick access menu.

📖 Usage

🔁 Repeat Request (Automation)

1. Next to the Send button, click the dropdown arrow.
2. Select a predefined interval (e.g., 5 Seconds) or set a Custom Interval.
3. StackerClient will show a real-time countdown and automatically resend the request.

🧪 Advanced Extraction (Diagnostic Tools)

1. Use the Search tab in the response panel.
2. Choose your tool: XPath (for XML/HTML), JSONPath (for JSON), CSS, or Regex.
3. Run Extract or Filter and monitor progress from the inline extraction progress bar.
4. Cancel slow queries using the Cancel button; long-running operations are also auto-stopped by timeout protection.
5. Filter syncs matches with the Body tab (Preview DOM highlight + Raw text highlight).
6. Save Template: Click the + icon to save your query; templates are stored with request-scoped versioning.

🛡️ Tech Stack (The "Stack" Tab)

StackerClient detects technologies across 15+ categories including:

• Web Servers: Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, GWS
• CDNs & Security: Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, Sucuri
• Frameworks: Next.js, React, Vue, Laravel, Django, Rails
• PaaS: Vercel, Netlify, Heroku
• E-Commerce: Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce

🌍 Handling Environments

1. Open the Sidebar → Environments tab.
2. Create a "Production" environment with a baseUrl variable.
3. In your request URL, use {{baseUrl}}/api/v1/users.
4. Switch environments in the sidebar to update all requests globally.

🎯 Commands

🎨 Themes & UI

StackerClient adapts to your VS Code theme (Dark, Light, High Contrast) and features purple-accented premium UI components.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests on GitHub.

👨‍💻 Author

Yasin Kuyu

• 💻 GitHub: @yasinkuyu

📄 License

MIT License - feel free to use in personal and commercial projects.

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