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VS Code Tip of the Week: The Thunder Client Extension

Nick Taylor on July 04, 2022

This week's VS Code Tip off the Week is the Thunder Client extension. Thunder Client is a lightweight Rest API Client Extension for Visual Studio...
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Abayomi Ogunnusi

Can thunder client publish the end points as documents?

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Ranga Vadhineni

Hi, I am creator of Thunder Client

can you please provide more details what you meant by end points as documents?

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Abayomi Ogunnusi • Edited

Kindly refer to the image link below...
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For example, In postman you can publish all endpoints as collections that can be shared between developers....

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Ranga Vadhineni • Edited

You can save requests to collections in Thunder Client also, you can share with your team by saving the requests data to git(see documentation on GitHub)

also you export a collection to json file.

You can generate code snippet too.

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Abayomi Ogunnusi

Thanks for the reply... I will definitely check Thunder Client

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Christophe Avonture

Hi Ranga
Just to say: Thanks ! Your extension is a must have.

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Ranga Vadhineni

Glad you like the extension, let me know if you have any questions.

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Christophe Avonture

Did you know if there is any good tutorials on how to use it with OAuth2 authentication ?

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Christophe Avonture

Thanks Ranga! I think it's not my use case: the tutorial is using "Client Credentials" for the Grant type while, I think, I need to use "Authorization Code".

The app I'm trying to use is indeed using such code that I, then, need to pass back to the calling application. My redirect URL is using a "/saveCode" URI and, I think, I need to give him the generated code (once logged in).

I continue to try / search on Google...

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Ranga Vadhineni • Edited

OAuth2 - Authorization Code is also easy to test.

Can you create a new issue on our Github page, I will share some screenshots that might be helpful.

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Nick Taylor

Hmm, I’m not sure. Maybe @ranga_vadhineni, the creator of Thunder Client, can chime in. 😎

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mooktar

Basically, thunder client satisfy my need right now.

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Nick Taylor • Edited

Jane Foster as Thor in Thor Love and Thunder

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pdfreviewer • Edited

I've been long for such an extension for VSCode. A great tool to use to test web APIs.

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Ranga Vadhineni

Hi All, just want to post an update.

  • Our Code Snippet feature now supports more languages including Flutter Dart & Php Laravel
  • The code snippet is updated in real-time as you make changes to request Image description
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Mason Carter

This extension is awesome, but it's really frustrating since they’ve put everything behind a paywall now (and a subscription, no less).
If you're looking for an alternative to Thunder Client, give EchoAPI a try.
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  4. 100% compatible with Postman script syntax: Migrate or use your existing scripts without any modification. Click here to learn more: EchoAPI