How to use it

Add the custom TemplateTag called "Custom Generated Value" to your request. Use Crtl+Space to insert it.

Configure the "Custom Generated Value" to get its value from the code saved in an environment variable or a .js file having its path in the environment variable.

If the value of the environment variable is a string then it is assumed to be the path to a .js file. The path is relative to this plugin's folder. Conform here the path will be:

• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Insomnia/plugins/insomnia-plugin-custom-generated-value
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Insomnia\plugins\insomnia-plugin-custom-generated-value
• Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Insomnia/plugins/insomnia-plugin-custom-generated-value or ~/.config/Insomnia/plugins/insomnia-plugin-custom-generated-value

If the value of the environment variable is an array, then it is asusmed to contain lines of Javascript code.

The environment value must contain valid Javascript code which can be executed inside of a function. The value returned is the value used by Insomnia instead of this TemplateTag.

The code can be stored in the variable as a string or a one-dimensional array of strings, in which case they are concatenated as lines of code.

It is recommended that all environment variables used with this plugin to have a name preffixed with js.

{
  "_js_id": "~/insomnia/generators/generate-custom-value.js"
}

As JSON does not accept multi-lines you can split your code in lines for a better readability.

{
  "_js_id": ["return Math.random() * 100"],
  "_js_id2": ["const max = 100;", "return Math.random() * max;"]
}

Inside of the code you have access via object $$ to all defined environment variable accesible to the request.

{
  "guid": "12345",
  "_js_id": [
    "const guid = $$.guid;",
    "return `${guid}-${guid}-${guid}-${guid}-${guid}`"
  ]
}

Known Issues

None.

Change Log

See Change Log here

Issues

Submit an issue if you find any bug or have any request.

Contribution

Fork the repo and submit pull requests.