Idea rest client, yes, I haven't opened postman yet

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1. brief introduction

​ IDEA It provides test interface tools , rest-client/http client, It's very powerful , In my daily use , It can be done without opening postman The degree of . The entrance is as follows ：

<center> Figure 1 Open mode </center>

​ Click on Test RESTful Web Service Yes open Rest Client Tools , Can be understood as a use of IDEAUI Interface testing tool for , Relatively visual , Fill in the value directly according to the actual demand , Click the button in the upper left corner to start the test .

<center> Figure 2 rest client</center>

​ The second option in Figure 1 is Open Http Requests Collection It's just Today's point , You can go directly through .http Suffix file to request the interface . Except in the toolbar , You can do it yourself anywhere new One came out ( chart 4), Or click on the Yellow bottom in Figure 2 Convert request to the new format , Will also be in Scratches and consoles Under the Scratches Folder Generate a .http file ( Figure 5 )

<center> Figure 3 http client</center>

<center> Figure 4 </center>

<center> Figure 5 </center>

2. http client

​ Let's talk about it http client Use , The simple understanding is http Requested parameters , You can define it here .

​ Just entering the file will give you an example , The first line is easy to understand , Select the request method (GET、POST、PUT etc. ) as well as Request address , This is required ; The second line doesn't have to start with , If you don't give it, you can give it by default according to your request mode

GET http://localhost:8080/resources
Accept: */*
Cache-Control: no-cache

2.1 Ordinary request

​ After the request is successful, the content of the request will be displayed in the lower console , And the result , And in .http There is a history record below the corresponding request of the file , Convenient view ( As shown in figure 6 )

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<center> Figure 6 http client Running effect </center>

2.2 Variable request

​ Systems are often deployed in different environments ,http client It also supports modifying parameters according to different environments , The supported parameters are ：

1. request ip, Ports and paths
2. Query parameters or values
3. The value of the request header
4. Provide an arbitrary value for the body of the request in an external file

​ Supported environment variable definition files have specific naming methods , And need to talk to .http The files are in the same directory （Scratches and consoles Under the folder, only normal requests can be made ）, There are also requirements for naming , Need is one of the following ：

• rest-client.env.json
• http-client.env.json
• rest-client.private.env.json
• http-client.private.en.json

​ In the above-mentioned documents private Does not mean that it is a private document , It might include a password , token , Sensitive information such as certificates , By default , This file is added to VCS Ignore the file list . Use as follows （ The content is Json Format ）：

<center> Figure 7 Environment variable file settings </center>

<center> Figure 8 Run time selection </center>

​ As shown in Figure 7 Figure 8 , After setting the environment variables, the runtime can select the relevant environment variables and pass them into the request , Just run directly

3. Use tips

3.1 grammar

1. Annotation use // perhaps #
2. Separate request with ###
3. If you don't want to generate logs
4. Script With > start , Write logic in {% %} in , You can call client object

<center> Figure nine Do not log </center>

3.2 Shortcut key

Shortcut key	explain
gtr	Generate a get request
gtrp	Generate a get request , Additional parameters
ptr	Generate a post request , The format is application/json
ptrt	Generate a post request , The format is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
mptr	Generate a post request , Form submission
fptr	Generate a post request , Upload files

###
# gtr
GET http://localhost:80/api/item
Accept: application/json

### 
# gtrp 
GET http://localhost:80/api/item?id=99
Accept: application/json

###
# prt
POST http://localhost:80/api/item
Content-Type: application/json

{}

###
#ptrp
POST http://localhost:80/api/item
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

id=99&content=new-element

###
# mptr
POST http://localhost:80/api/item
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=WebAppBoundary

--WebAppBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="field-name"

field-value
--WebAppBoundary--

###
# fprt
POST http://localhost:80/api/item
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=WebAppBoundary

--WebAppBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="field-name" filename="file.txt"

< ./relative/path/to/local_file.txt
--WebAppBoundary--

###

3.3 Script

​ You can add scripts to the request , Print or store information , You can use scripts to store some result variables , And then reference it like an environment variable .

<center> Figure ten Script example </center>

​ If you use script printing , As a result, an option box appears on the console , Display printed content , Like the one below Respinse Handler

3.4 Look at examples

​ IDEA stay .http The right side of the file already gives us a lot of examples , And easy to use , When you can't do it , You can also refer to . Also available from cURL Convert to .http File recognizable request function .

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