Send API requests from the Postman VS Code extension

The Postman VS Code extension enables you to create and send HTTP and multi-protocol requests, or your request history. Use the Postman Console in the VS Code extension to debug and troubleshoot issues with your requests. It also supports creating code snippets from your API requests for various languages, such as Node.js or cURL. You can also use cookies with the VS Code extension.

Requests sent in the Postman VS Code extension appear in your workspace's request history in both the VS Code extension and the Postman app.

Send HTTP API requests

To create and send an HTTP request, do the following:

1. Select a workspace from the workspace dropdown list in the sidebar.

2. Click in the request dropdown list in the sidebar, then select HTTP to use Postman's REST client.

   

   If you selected HTTP from the request dropdown list, you can create another HTTP request by clicking New HTTP Request in the sidebar.

3. Enter your request's details.

4. Click Send.

To learn more about creating and sending HTTP requests in Postman, see Send API requests and get response data in Postman.

You can also use the Postman: Create a new HTTP Request command from the Command Palette to create a request.

Send multi-protocol API requests

When you create a request, click in the request dropdown list. Then, select WebSocket or gRPC to create a WebSocket or gRPC client.

WebSocket

To create a WebSocket request, do the following:

1. Enter the WebSocket server URL. A WebSocket URL begins with ws:// or wss://.
2. Click Connect.
3. To disconnect your WebSocket request's connection, click Disconnect.

To learn more about creating and sending WebSocket requests in Postman, see Create a WebSocket Request.

gRPC

To create a gRPC request, do the following:

1. Enter a URL into Server URL.
2. Click the Method selection dropdown and select the method you want to invoke.
3. Configure a service definition.
4. Click Invoke.

To learn more about creating and sending gRPC requests in Postman, see Invoke a gRPC request in Postman.

Send API requests from your history

You can send requests that were sent with the Postman VS Code extension or the Postman app.

1. Select a workspace from the workspace dropdown list in the sidebar.
2. Click History.
3. Select a request from your history, and edit the request if you'd like.
4. Click Send.

Troubleshoot with the Postman Console

You can use the Postman Console to troubleshoot your requests. You can also use the Console to debug pre-request scripts and tests scripts, logging output to the Console. To open the Postman Console, click Open Postman console at the top of the sidebar.

Generate code snippets

You can convert an API request into a code snippet in the language of your choice. Available languages and frameworks include cURL, Node.js, Python, and more.

To generate a code snippet, open an HTTP request, then click Code (below Send). Select a language or framework from the dropdown list, then copy the code snippet to your clipboard.

Use cookies

You can view and edit cookies associated with different domains. You can then use the cookies stored in the cookie jar when sending HTTP requests in Postman.

To manage cookies in the Postman VS Code extension, open an HTTP request, then select Cookies (below Send).

You can also open the cookie editor with the Postman: Open cookies editor command in the Command Palette.

To learn more about using cookies in Postman, see Create and capture cookies using Postman's cookie manager.