Insomnia: [Feature Request] Postman Runner feature for executing multiple requests

[moduval]

It would be useful to have a feature like PostMan's Runner feature. It would let us chained the execution of multiple request without having to manually run them.

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[mrtristan]

this is a feature i use very regularly in postman and is unfortunately a dealbreaker for me in getting in to using insomnia.

I just created this folder of requests, i'd like something as simple as a "right click and run" and insomnia would just go down the list:

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[Xuanwo]

Any update for this feature? Support or not?

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[gschier]

This should be possible via the plugin system sometime in the future. Will leave it open until then

[mvalezy]

This feature would be very interesting !

[loopion]

+1

Really interested as well!

[mornindew]

This would be a very interesting feature for me too!

+1

[gabokr]

another vote for useful feature! I'd like to execute all request stored in a folder, top down, in sequence.

[MatijaTeamFocus]

Extremely usefull feature!!!
+1

[ljuba95]

+1
Would make API testing much easier!

[stefanik95]

+1
Very interesting and useful feature!

[IvaJovicic]

Useful feature!
+1

[lukewlms]

Uh-oh - I'm very surprised this isn't present in Insomnia. Our use case is to run tests against an API that simulate user workflows to generate test data; Insomnia is pretty unuseful if we have to do this manually as it will involve at least ~20 manual clicks of "run".

Right-click folder and "run all" seems like an extremely simple feature to code that would yield enormous benefits. As-is I'm not sure our team can use Insomnia with this limitation.

Edit: we might be interested in creating a plug-in as Insomnia otherwise looks great, but the documentation looks sparse - nothing about how to run a specific task after a response, which looks like what would be required here. Can anyone give some direction?

[gschier]

It wouldn't be possible to implement a plugin for this quite yet. There's no way for plugins to trigger sending of requests. In general, Insomnia isn't currently meant for tasks that require automation, which is why it does not yet exist.

[gschier]

That said, if someone wants to take a look at making the Response Template Tag resend the dependent requests, that would be awesome!

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[serkand]

+1

Absolutely critical to have in any API testing tool and not just for test automation.

[yozlet]

@gschier Now that the Response Template tag is resending dependent requests (#1470 - thank you for that!), what's the next step here?

[gschier]

Just added the ability to define folder actions within plugins.

Wrote a quick plugin to test if it works:

module.exports.requestGroupActions = [
  {
    label: 'Send Requests',
    action: async (context, data) => {
      const { requests } = data;

      let results = [];
      for (const request of requests) {
        const response = await context.network.sendRequest(request);
        results.push(`<li>${request.name}: ${response.statusCode}</li>`);
      }

      const html = `<ul>${results.join('\n')}</ul>`;

      context.app.showGenericModalDialog('Results', { html });
    },
  },
];

This ability will be live in the next release

[gschier]

Here's a link to the docs: https://support.insomnia.rest/article/26-plugins#folder-actions