VS Code (Visual Studio Code) is a free editor from Microsoft, which is very popular nowadays. Visual studio code supports almost all language from code compilation, IntelliSense to debugging. The best part of the VS Code is extensions. VS Code has a vast collection of extensions; one of them is REST Client extensions which allow sending a request to REST API without leaving the editor.
In this article, I will show you how to use REST Client extensions in the VS Code
Create a file named rest.rest
Make Get Request
Then use the following syntax to make a GET request
GET http://localhost:3000/book
Once you type the above text in the rest.rest. file. REST client will show you send request link as shown in the below figure
Make a post request
To make a post request use the following code snippet.
POST http://localhost:3000/book
Content-Type: application/json
{"name":"codeguru","isbn":"99999"}