ThunderClient is a lightweight VS Code extension designed for quickly testing API endpoints, similar to Postman. Install it directly from the VS Code marketplace for local use.
- Open VS Code.
- Go to the Extensions view.
- Search for
ThunderClient
and clickInstall
.
- Within the VS Code editor, open the
ThunderClient
extension tab on the left. - Find the global
ThunderClient
dropdown menu and click. - Next select the option to
Import
. - Import a preset collection by navigating to a JSON file configuration provided by this repository's
.thunderclient/
directory.
And that's basically it, happy testing. Make sure you have the server running and make sure to provide the proper auth tokens in the header by registering and logging in with a user profile first.