Extension Notebook

Dothttp-runner provides notebook functionality recently introduced by vscode team. For using notebooks create a file with httpbook extension.

HTTP responses are displayed using Monaco editor - the same editor that powers VS Code - giving you professional-grade syntax highlighting, line numbers, code folding, and full editor features.

By using notebook, one can see response in same place as request. gives you option to save response for future purpose.

provides a way to inspect headers and also inspect generated request

Response Display Features#

The notebook renderer uses Monaco editor to provide:

Rich syntax highlighting - Automatic detection for JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more
Automatic formatting - Responses are pre-formatted for readability
Line numbers - Easy reference and navigation
Code folding - Collapse/expand sections
Find/replace - Press Cmd+F (Mac) or Ctrl+F (Windows/Linux)
Multi-cursor editing - Full text selection and editing
Dynamic height - Compact display for small responses, scrollable view for large ones
Theme matching - Automatically matches your VS Code theme

Customizing Appearance#

You can customize how responses are displayed using these settings (available in VS Code Settings):

Theme (dothttp.conf.notebook.theme) - Choose from auto, vs, vs-dark, hc-black, hc-light
Font Size (dothttp.conf.notebook.fontSize) - Set size from 8 to 24 (default: 13)
Font Family (dothttp.conf.notebook.fontFamily) - Use your preferred monospace font
Line Numbers (dothttp.conf.notebook.lineNumbers) - Show/hide line numbers (on/off/relative)
Minimap (dothttp.conf.notebook.minimap) - Show code overview on the right (true/false)
Word Wrap (dothttp.conf.notebook.wordWrap) - Control line wrapping (off/on/wordWrapColumn/bounded)