esbuild-plugin-httpfile

An esbuild plugin to import httpfile 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.

 "devDependencies": {
    "esbuild-plugin-httpfile": "^0.3.0"
  }

• 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

build.js as following:

import esbuild from 'esbuild';
import httpfilePlugin from 'esbuild-plugin-httpfile';

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

Mock Support

You can mock request by adding //@mock tag for request. Code as following:

### get my ip
//@name myIp
//@mock {"origin":"127.0.0.1"}
GET https://httpbin.org/ip

For multi lines data, please add more //@mock lines.

### get csv data
//@name myData
//@mock name,gender
//@mock linux_china,M
GET https://your_service/data
Accept: text/csv

Note: if process.env.NODE_ENV is production, then mock data will not be used.

GraphQ over HTTP support

Create GraphQL request in http file, code as following:

### graphql test
//@name graphqlTest
GRAPHQL https://localhost:8787/graphql

query {
   welcome(name : "{{nick}}" )
}

Then call let response = await graphqlTest({nick:'your_nick'}) just like normal HTTP request.

Framework Integration

• tsup: tsup.config.ts code as following:

import {defineConfig} from 'tsup'
import httpfilePlugin from "esbuild-plugin-httpfile";

export default defineConfig({
    target: 'node18',
    platform: 'node',
    format: "esm",
    outDir: "dist",
    esbuildPlugins: [httpfilePlugin()]
})

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/
• rollup-plugin-httpfile: Rollup.js plugin for httpfile - https://github.com/servicex-sh/rollup-plugin-httpfile
• vite-plugin-httpfile: https://github.com/servicex-sh/vite-plugin-httpfile