The Best way to test your REST API Code | Test Rest API with VSCode

In this video, we go over one of my favorite VS Code extensions: The Rest Client.
With This Extension - I can easily test queries to REST APIs within my Code environment. No need for complicated tools like postman or manually building queries. Simply put the URL in a text file, hit the hotkey and you can run a REST query.

[@DevOpsJourney]

Are you using VS Code as an API client yet?

[@erkanturan7215]

*Useful Tip:* If you write these test requests in a file with .http extension then VSCode gives you a "Send Request" button in the editor automatically. Moreover, if you seperate each request with "###", then you get an individual button for each request

[@luca1583]

You're a legend. Thank you !

[@labanane3129]

Lifesaber you need a lightsaver, lol seriously thank you you're a lifesaver.

[@random2059]

Thanks a lot i was learning MERN stack in CCBP , they provided docker VS code ubuntu ,
i could not findout the extension they were providing , but now i can do that on my own VS code , damm this the extension , i was searching for

[@puppyguard2689]

Quick and easy to understand! Thank you.

[@nine9winged]

Great tool. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@zzzbyyy]

ty so much for sharing this extension... now testing api's will be so much easier

[@user-hx1sp2zu6p]

Is this based on some kind of standard or something specific to VSCode ?

[@ainunnafiah3806]

Command 'Rest Client: Send Request resulted in an error command 'rest-client.request' not found

[@viewvue3744]

why i have an error : command 'rest-client.request not found' when i ctrl + shift + p and used Rest client: send request ?

[@tunamusic2314]

how over postman ?

[@jongjinjung2519]

Thank you for the tutorial! I tried it on my own and I get an error saying "The connection was rejected". What would be the potential problem?

[@ashwinimohapatra9759]

I am facing the same issue.

[@jagdeepsingh-vj2mv]

It helps me too thanks for this video

[@MrSuhas888]

How do you configure you connections and like password and access tokens

[@MiSt3300]

you could've shown how to post data, that's pretty useful too

[@DevOpsJourney]

Thanks for the feedback, will do it for my next tutorial. Thanks.

[@MiSt3300]

@@DevOpsJourney I actually posted my own tutorial that's over 1hr long about authorization in an express server using JWT, and I used your REST Client tips (;
Maybe you could check it out and tell me what is your opinion? I am still a noob in terms of tutorialmaking (;

[@pepemonleon1652]

Just answering: Why would be better use this extensions instead of Postman? I have tried to use it but It feels less productive than Postman. Unless I'm missering something. Thanks!

[@DevOpsJourney]

Postman is good but I find it very heavy and I'm almost always in VSCode. I use the VSCode Rest client for most of my experimentation and use the tool Insomnia if I need something a little more dedicated to RESTful calls.

[@manny_here]

Tattoo-eeen

[@muhammadsalikin3886]

Thank you DevOps Journey

[@_XY_]

Nice

[@simmigonflagg8720]

I think maybe record this video again to get syntax highlighting

[@tombyrer1808]

Yea, like this one. Also get clicky "Send Request"
ua-cam.com/video/RcxvrhQKv8I/v-deo.html

[@hasanalshareef5047]

hi , is not working with localhost it says connection was rejected

[@DevOpsJourney]

You sure your setup is correct? I suggest testing with curl

[@hasanalshareef5047]

@@DevOpsJourney is work with external api only with localhost not working , i will try different ways for localhost , thanks for reply.

[@flaykaz]

@@hasanalshareef5047 u fix ur problem ? i need to know how to use it in local host

[@freelancecoder6956]

where is discord link??

[@DevOpsJourney]

discord.com/invite/NW98QYW are you able to join?

[@nightclocker1851]

Thanks helped me