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New Features

• Restore previous open tabs on vscode reload #1462
• Enable Right click and Run on the collections view #1528

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Collection requests don't run in a defined order #1425

Run Request

• Now you can right-click on a request and execute it

Documentation Site

• We're excited to launch our new documentation site - https://docs.thunderclient.com

Load Modules from Path

• We are launching a new API for loading modules from a path.
• This functionality is useful for loading private modules or modules hosted on registries other than npm.
• The module path can be relative to the project root or an absolute path.

var moment = tc.loadFromPath("thunder-tests/packages/node_modules/moment");

VS Code Floating window

• Support for VS Code floating window feature #1509

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Enter key is added space in env #1515

Improved Loading of Node Modules

• We have improved the loading of Node Modules from scripts #1434, #1442, #1429, #1405
• Now you can load any node module like mongodb, oracledb, node-postgres, @azure/identity etc..
• Update CLI to v1.13.0

Load Module syntax

const oracledb = await tc.loadModule("oracledb");
console.log(oracledb);

Database Improvements

• We are planning to split collection into multiple request files to reduce merge conflicts
• Please let us know your feedback #1507

New Features

• Show unsaved indicator #1493
• New API that allows setting the body in the Pre-Request script.
• JSON File Indent Size vscode setting added
• Update CLI to v1.12.13

Set Body From Script

• We are introducing a new API that allows setting the body in the Pre-Request script.
• Please see examples of how to use - docs

tc.request.setBody({
    color:"red"
  });

JSON File Indent Size vscode setting

New Features

• Open scripting tab when click on request>tests if tests>tests tab is empty #1494
• To save only failed request responses in an HTML report, utilize the htmlReportResponseLimit setting.

Bug Fixes

• Unable to copy text from Chart visualization #1463
• Authorization tokens not recognized #1496

New Features

• Better Server Sent Events (SSE) support #705, #319
• Add Web Socket support #3, #336, #857
• Ignore skipped flag on CLI run for --reqlist cmd #1489
• Add a confirmation box when deleting requests #1487
• Update CLI to v1.12.1

Bug Fixes

• File Not Found (CLI v1.12.0, and UI v2.18.0) #1488
• Fix Run Col Slow in CLI #1486

Web Socket & SSE Support

New Features

• Autocomplete Environment variables #151, #1194
• Allow Skip Folder Option in Run Collection #1476
• Skip Collection option in CLI for Run ALL Collections
• Save Active Environment selection changes to local memory #1250, #448
• Set a field Content Type in a Multi-Part Form Request #1482
• Enable Resource field for OAuth Password grant type #1479
• Clear URL Autocomplete History #1484
• Update CLI to v1.12.0

Bug Fixes

• Error when sending request: ENOENT: no such file or directory #1483

Autocomplete Environment Variables

• The extension will automatically complete the environment variables as you start typing {{.

Skip Folder in Run Collection

• Now, you can use the Skip Folder option to skip multiple requests in the Run Collection view.

Skip Collections in Run All

• Now, you can skip collections when running all collections from the CLI.
• e.g tc --col all --skip "ColA,ColB"

Active Environment Selection

• Set Active Environment selection changes to local memory using the setting. This helps to avoid creating unnecessary Source Control activity.

Set Field Content-Type

• Set a field Content Type in a Multi-Part Form Request by appending content-type to the field names

Clear URL Autocomplete History

• You can clear the URL autocomplete history from the Request URL field.

New Features

• New await tc.retryRequest() function added to tc API
• New DNS Test command added to Command Palette.
• DNS resolve issues fixed for localhost
• Update CLI to v1.11.6

Bug Fixes

• Special characters get converted incorrectly in cURL import functionality #1472
• JSON Schema for Schemavalidation gets Error in CI #1471

Retry Request Function:

• New await tc.retryRequest() function added suitable for retrying same request when failed
• Use example code below for retry request in Post Request script

let incrementCount = parseInt(tc.getVar('incrementCount') || "0");
let code = tc.response.status;

if(incrementCount <= 3 && code !== 200)
{
      incrementCount = incrementCount + 1
      tc.setVar('incrementCount', incrementCount)
      console.log("retrying request", incrementCount);

      await tc.delay(incrementCount * 1000); // exponential delay of 1 secs
      await tc.retryRequest();
}
else
{
  tc.setVar('incrementCount', 0);
  console.log("reset incrementCount = 0");
}

DNS Test command

• use DNS Test command for localhost connection issues

New Features

• Thunder client save file didn't use the filename in content-disposition #1272, #1458
• HTML Report filter Failed requests option

Html Report Filter dropdown

New Features

• Add Support For Responses Visualisation (Beta) #511
• VS Code setting for default values for Request Headers #845
• Allow to open multiple Run Collection tabs #1410
• Consolidate iterations in reports to one table structure. #1412
• Option to specify number of iterations from CLI #1411

Bug Fixes

• Response color highlighting disappears after closing and reopening the editor tab #1438
• Duplicate IDs in JSON after duplicating requests #1435
• OAUTH2 Access token breaks on all versions higher that 2.14.1 #1439

Response Data Visualisation (Beta)

• Create charts or tables from response using tc.chartHTML() from the Tests tab scripting
• When you pass data to function tc.chartHTML(templace, data), the data is available in chart_data global variable
• The feature is in Beta, please test and let us know feedback

var template = `
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/4.7.8/handlebars.min.js"></script>

    <div id="output"></div>
    <script id="entry-template" type="text/x-handlebars-template">
          <div class="entry">
            <h2>{{first_name}}</h2>
            <div class="body">
              {{email}}
            </div>
          </div>
    </script>

    <script>
        var source = document.getElementById("entry-template").innerHTML;
        var template = Handlebars.compile(source);
    
        document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = template(chart_data[0]);
    </script>
`;

var data = tc.response.json.data;
tc.chartHTML(template, data);

Default Headers

• You can now set default headers for requests using setting thunder-client.defaultHeaders