httpYac - Rest Client installs statistics
By Andreas Weber · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Quickly and easily send REST, Soap, GraphQL, GRPC, MQTT, RabbitMQ and WebSocket requests directly within Visual Studio Code
httpYac - Rest Client has 139,809 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1938 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.96 / 5 from 27 ratings
About httpYac - Rest Client
httpYac - Yet another Client
Quickly and easily send REST, SOAP, GraphQL or gRPC requests directly in Editor
Example
more examples and guide
Commands
| Name | Description |
| httpyac.send | send request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.sendAll | send all requests in ActiveTextEditor | | httpyac.resend | resend last request | | httpyac.show | show cached response of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.viewHeader | show response headers, request header and timings of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.save | save response of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.clearAll | clear all cached responses | | httpyac.toggle-env | toggle environment of active text document | | httpyac.generateCode | generate code of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.reset | reset environments, oauth sessions and cookies | | httpyac.logout | see current oauth2 sessions and logout | | httpyac.removeCookies | remove received cookies | | httpyac.new | create empty http file | | httpyac.showHistory | show response history | | httpyac.clearHistory | clear response history | | httpyac.removeHistory | remove history entry |
Keybindings
keybindings are only active in files with language http
| Name | Description | keybindings |
| httpyac.send | send request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | ctrl+alt+r | | httpyac.resend | resend last request | ctrl+alt+l | | httpyac.toggle-env | toggle environment of active text document | ctrl+alt+e |
Settings
Request Settings
| Name | Description | Default |
| httpyac.requestDefaultHeaders | default request headers if not overwritten | { "User-Agent": "httpyac"} | | httpyac.requestGotOptions | request options used for got | - | | httpyac.cookieJarEnabled | is CookieJar support enabled | true or options |
HttpYac extension uses the proxy settings of Visual Studio Code (http.proxy).
Environment Settings
| Name | Description | Default |
| httpyac.environmentSelectedOnStart | list of selected environments on startup | - | | httpyac.environmentPickMany | allow picking many environments at the same time | true | | httpyac.environmentVariables | environment variables | { "$shared":{} } | | httpyac.envDirName | relative or absolute path to folder with dotenv files | "env" |
Response View Settings
| Name | Description | Default |
| httpyac.responseViewHeader | headers (e.g. content-type), test results (e.g. tests.failed), timings (e.g. timings.total) and meta data (e.g. meta.size) visible in code lens of response | [ "timings.total", "content-type", "content-length" ] | | httpyac.responseViewMode | response view mode of file | preview | | httpyac.responseViewPrettyPrint | response view pretty prints content. Pretty print is only working, if editor receives focus (vscode limitation) | true | | httpyac.responseViewPreserveFocus | response view will not take focus after receiving response | true | | httpyac.responseViewColumn | response preview column option (current, beside) | beside | | httpyac.responseViewLanguageMap | mimetype to languageId map for response view (only used if not in preview mode) | beside |
httpYac Extension
| Name | Description | Default |
| httpyac.showGutterIcon | show gutter icon to highlight request lines | true | | httpyac.useMethodInSendCodeLens | use request method in send code lens | false | | httpyac.logLevel | log level of output channel | warn | | httpyac.maxHistoryItems | number of max history items | 50 |
License
MIT License
Change Log
See CHANGELOG here
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- AMQP
- asciidoc
- EventSource
- GraphQL
- gRPC
- HTTP
- Intellij Http Client
- json
- keybindings
- markdown
- MQTT
- Postman
- RabbitMQ
- rapidapi
- REST
- restclient
- rest-client
- snippet
- Soap
- thunder client
Where httpYac - Rest Client sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
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Data source
Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=anweber.vscode-httpyac. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.