esbuild-plugin-httpfile

esbuild-plugin-httpfile

An esbuild plugin for httpfile to generate JavaScript stub code for HTTP Request/GraphQL request.

How to use?

• Create a http file, such as demo.http, code as following:

### get my ip
//@name my-ip
GET https://httpbin.org/ip
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0

### post test
//@name post-test
POST https://{{host}}/post
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "{{nick}}",
  "age": 42,
  "uuid": "{{$uuid}}"
}

• Add esbuild-plugin-httpfile to your project's package.json or npm add -D esbuild-plugin-httpfile.

 "dependencies": {
    "esbuild-plugin-httpfile": "^0.1.0"
  }

• In JavaScript/TypeScript file, such as hello.mjs, and you can import http file directly. Code as following:

import {myip} from "./demo.http";

let response = await myip();
console.log(await response.json());

esbuild example

const esbuild = require('esbuild');

const httpfilePlugin = require('esbuild-plugin-httpfile');

esbuild.build({
    bundle: true,
    entryPoints: ['hello.mjs'],
    plugins: [httpfilePlugin],
    platform: 'node',
    format: "esm",
    write: true,
    outfile: "bundle.mjs"
}).then(result => {
    console.log(result.outputFiles[0].text);
}).catch(() => process.exit(1));

References

• JetBrains HTTP Client: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-in-product-code-editor.html
• servicex: https://servicex.sh/
• esbuild: https://esbuild.github.io/