Response Body Regex

This Insomnia plugin provides a way to call a different request from your collection and extract a specific value based on a regex.

Installation

From Insomnia Plugin Hub

1. Navigate to https://insomnia.rest/plugins/insomnia-plugin-response-body-regex
2. Click on Install Plugin
3. Click Open
4. Once opened, click on Install

From the Insomnia App

1. Go to Application > Preferences or click the cog icon (⚙️)
2. Navigate to the Plugins tab
3. Enter insomnia-plugin-response-body-regex
4. Click on Install

Usage

• Press Ctrl + Space where you want to add a request call with regex extraction
• Type response
• Select Response regex to display this window:

• Select the request you want to call from the dropdown list
• Type the regex you want to use with the result of the request, make sure to surround the expected value with a capture group (using parenthesis)
• You can choose when to perform a new call to the request
• Visualize a preview of the result in the Live Preview area and adjust the regex accordingly