Dragonfly
www.usedragonfly.xyz- Category
- Developer Tools
- Rank
- No. 2399Tools index
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- Pricing
- Free
- Type
- TOOL
- Use case
- Software Testing & Quality
- Interfaces
- Editor Extension
- Date
About
Dragonfly is a REST API client built directly into VS Code that scans Express and Next.js source code to automatically turn routes into a collection of ready-to-send requests, so developers can test endpoints without leaving the editor or retyping URLs. It includes a request builder, environments with variable substitution, secure credential storage, and import/export compatibility with Postman, OpenAPI, and cURL.
What it does
The site describes a VS Code extension that reads a project's Express and Next.js source, finds the endpoints, and builds a collection of sendable requests from them. Rescanning picks up routes added later. It says requests are built, sent and inspected in a sidebar panel, with collections and history kept in local editor storage.
Stated on the product site
- Install surface
- VS Code extension, installed from the editor
- Route discovery
- Scans source for Express route handlers and Next.js API routes
- Pricing and account
- The site says it is free with no paid tier and needs no account
- Credential storage
- Bearer, API key and basic auth secrets kept in VS Code secure storage
- Import formats
- Postman, Thunder Client, Insomnia, HAR, OpenAPI and Swagger, cURL
- Code export
- Requests export as cURL, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP, Java or Rust
Not stated on the site
- The page does not say which other frameworks route discovery covers beyond Express and Next.js; it lists more frameworks as a roadmap item.
- Team sync for collections is listed as on the roadmap, so how collections are shared across a team today is not shown.
- The page does not show which VS Code versions or forks the extension supports.
- The page says the project is built in the open but does not link a code location in the extracted text.
Written from the product site at usedragonfly.xyz.
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