Hey All 👋 .
Recently I got to know about a VS Code extension called Thunder Client⚡⚡ which can be used to test our API inside VS Code.
How Cool 😎 is that to test our API in the editor that we use all the time.
Thunder Client is a GUI-based Rest Api HTTPS client and has a very clean UI and easy-to-use interface.
One of the key highlights of this extension is Scriptless Testing
As we need to write a lot of boilerplate code in Postman and other clients to do basic testing using scripting like status code equal 200. In Thunder client, there is a GUI-based test where we can select a couple of dropdowns to do most standard tests very easily without any scripting knowledge.
As you can see in the image below
🖥 How to install
- First of all open your VS Code and Click on extensions on the sidebar and install thunder client.
- now you will see a icon on side bar
Lets test Thunder client a little bit
- for testing you can create your own API or you can use
and get your authentication token and you are good to go.
below you can see Thunder Client in action in Below GIF
- GET request
- POST request in which we create a GUI based Test
Now you can play around thunder client a little more.
Let me know your thoughts about it 😃and if you like it share it with others.
Top comments (12)
Can requests be shared between developers? Maybe a .thunder dir with the requests?
Yes you can import and export Thunder Client collections data, useful to share with team mates.
You can learn more about this from this link
github.com/rangav/thunder-client-s...
That's so cool! Will try it out %100.
Nice extension. But where are these requests saved?
From what I know These request are saved in a database called NeDB.
It is an Embedded persistent or in memory database for Node.js, nw.js, Electron and browsers, 100% JavaScript, no binary dependency.
You can learn more about it on :-
github.com/louischatriot/nedb
Thunder Client just need ONE feature before I can ditch Postman completely: it needs to properly render Symfony's dump (symfony.com/doc/current/components...) output as parsed HTML, not raw content like it does today. Postman does this but misses JS interactivity. When/if this gets implemented, it will fully satisfy my basic needs to test my APIs.
I use a simple .http file with "REST Client" extension, so writing and testing an Api made super easy. and you can actually save them to call later, you can handle mutilple tokens and so on.. :D
Yes "REST CLIENT" is a good extension But What I like about Thunder Client is it
thanks for your attention and useful post :)
can you include a link to the repo?
I didn't create my own rest API I used
gorest.co.in/ for API calling
I don't create a local repository to test it.
You could make a form data post request?