[Feature Request] Command line switches for Insomnia

[salaros]

As agreed with Insomnia support I'm creating this feature request with list of commands line switches I want you to implement in the first iteration. #479 is indeed too vague and is more like an epic which has to be split in smaller tasks.

• Insomnia Version: 5.x
• Operating System: macOS, Linux, Windows

Details

What about implementing the following functionality as part of the first commandline-related iteration:

insomnia --workspace|-w "Foo Bar" --request-id|-r 00000000aaabbbbccccc0000000` 

with these switches I would expect Insomnia to open and switch to workspace Foo Bar (not sure if it's really needed) and send the request with the following ID req_00000000aaabbbbccccc0000000

I would also like to have the second option for cases when I haven't created any workspace / request in Insomnia, so I could explicitly indicate the URL, HTTP request type, headers etc

# Calls https://api.acme.com/v1.0/users URL with Accept: application/json header
insomnia --header|-H "Accept: application/json" https://api.acme.com/v1.0/users

# Sends a PUT request to https://api.acme.com/v1.0/users URL with
# Content-Type: application/json header and some JSON-encoded data
insomnia  --request-type|-X PUT \
                --header|-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                --data|-d '{"name":"john","email":"j@acme.com"}' \
               https://api.acme.com/v1.0/users

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[salaros]

Did I create the issue correctly (according to your guidelines)?
This issue hasn't been labelled, assigned, commented or whatever, so I just want to know if I can to do anything else or it's OK like that

[gschier]

Hi @salaros. Sorry for the delay. I've just been really busy.

One thing that is useful when submitting feature requests like this is to explain WHY you need it as well. Are you looking to automate Insomnia in some way?

As for the CLI. I think the first step here is to come up with an API that makes sense and can facilitate future expansion. I really like the structure of the Heroku CLI but am open to suggestions. The general structure is heroku FEATURE:COMMAND ...ARGS. A similar command in Heroku would be heroku apps:open insomnia to open the Insomnia application in the web browser.

I won't have time to work on this feature for a while but I'd be happy to help design the API and provide guidance if you wanted to take it on.

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[salaros]

@gschier personally I like cURL syntax more, please read my proposal more carefully.
IMO cURL's command line options have a cleaner and better documented options.

As for why I need it:

• I would like to be able to set Insomnia as "browser" while debugging APIs in Visual Studio / VS Code / Atom, so that it IDE will use it in its post build scripts
  

• Additionally I would like to be able to include some scripts into my repositories. In this scripts I could call APIs using the awesome Insomnia software and fallback on cURL if Insomnia is not installed.

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[salaros]

So do you have any ETA on this? I'm willing to donate or pay for a subscription etc if you implement this feature 👍