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Configuration Reference ​

Basic settings for all requests, logging and general application behavior can be configured via application argument (CLI arguments or VS Code settings). It is also possible to store these centrally in the project root in an httpyac.config.js file, which is observed by both CLI and VS Code Extension.

Project Root ​

The project root directory is determined by finding closest directory depending on the current file with one of the following files:

  • package.json
  • httpyac.config.js
  • .httpyac.js
  • .httpyac.json
  • env directory

If no suitable folder can be determined, the default settings are used.

httpyac.config.js ​

httpyac.config.js (or .httpyac.js, .httpyac.json) is an optional config file that will be automatically loaded by httpYac if it's present in your project root (next to package.json). You can also use the httpyac field in package.json, but do note in that case you will be limited to JSON-compatible values only.

The file should export an object containing options:

js
// httpyac.config.js
module.exports = {
  // options...
  log: {
    level: "warn",
    supportAnsiColors: true,
  },
  cookieJarEnabled: true,
}

The content of the httpyac.config.js file should correspond to the interface environmentConfig.

log.level ​

  • Type: number
  • Default: warn

log level of outputs.

ts
export enum LogLevel {
  trace = 1,
  debug = 2,
  warn = 5,
  info = 10,
  error = 100,
  none = 1000,
}

log.supportAnsiColors ​

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: true

enable ansi color support (using chalk)

envDirName ​

  • Type: string
  • Default: 'env'

relative or absolute path to env dir

WARNING

A changed value is not used in the Project Root determination

environments ​

  • Type: object
  • Default: undefined

This setting is used for environment detection using JSON. Each key of first level of the object is used as environment. Value of the Object is used as Variables.

request ​

  • Type: Object
  • Default: undefined

default configuration for each http request. httpYac uses got as Http Request Library. Here all options of got are described.

json
"request": {
  "https":  {
    "rejectUnauthorized": false
    }
}

WARNING

This configuration is passed directly to got without further adjustment. No files are loaded and no variable substitution takes place.

proxy ​

  • Type: string
  • Default: undefined

Proxy url for which an HttpProxyAgent is created

proxyExcludeList ​

  • Type: array of string
  • Default: undefined

List of url to ignore proxy setting

requestBodyInjectVariablesExtensions ​

  • Type: Array<String>
  • Default: undefined

List of file extensions for which request body variable replacement is always activated automatically

WARNING

This setting was introduced because of better compatibility with Intellij. It is recommended to specify it explicitly per file, otherwise files will be loaded into memory unnecessarily.

clientCertificates ​

  • Type: Object
  • Default: undefined

Object with all client certificates. Each key is interpreted as host. When a call is made to this host, the certificate is automatically appended to the request.

json
{
  "clientCertificates":{
    "localhost:8081": {
        "cert": "/Users/demo/Certificates/client.crt",
        "key": "/Users/demo/Keys/client.key"
    },
    "example.com": {
        "cert": "/Users/demo/Certificates/client.crt",
        "key": "/Users/demo/Keys/client.key"
    }
  }
}

defaultHeaders ​

  • Type: Object
  • Default: undefined

Object with default headers used for every request.

json
{
  "defaultHeaders":{
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{token}}"
  }
}

cookieJarEnabled ​

  • Type: boolean or Object
  • Default: true

Enable cookieJar support for every request. Following options are available

ts
{
  allowSpecialUseDomain?: boolean | undefined;
  looseMode?: boolean | undefined;
  rejectPublicSuffixes?: boolean | undefined;
  prefixSecurity?: string | undefined;
}

configureHooks ​

  • Type: Function

By means of the function configureHooks the plugin api can be accessed easily. So without creating a plugin, the same interface can be used to make further adjustments to httpYac.

js
module.exports = {
	configureHooks: function (api) {
		api.hooks.responseLogging.addHook('removeSensitiveData', function (response) {
			if (response.request) {
				delete response.request.headers['authorization'];
			}
		});
	}
}

plugins ​

  • Type: Object
  • Default: undefined

This is an object that doesn't go through any schema validation, so it can be used to pass arbitrary options to 3rd party plugins.