.http files may just be plain text, but with IDE or CLI support they become a super-charged REST client with capabilities similar to tools like Postman, but with several advantages.

This session talks about these advantages and dives into the creation, use and features of .http files for documenting, testing and validating HTTP resources. Features like using variables, multi-part form data, request history, pre-request scripts, post-request assertions and much more.

We spend the most time digging into the Jet Brains implementation, both in the IDE and via the free CLI which makes .http files easy to use even if you don't have a Jet Brains compatible IDE. However we will also cover the use of these files in Visual Studio and VS Code and talk a little bit about compatibility between them all.

This session gives you the knowledge to start using .http files to simplify how you test APIs and share these tests with your team.