Continue vs REST Client
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It allows you to send HTTP request and view the response in Visual Studio Code directly. | It is an open-source autopilot for software development. It's a VS Code extension that brings the power of ChatGPT to your IDE. |
Send/Cancel/Rerun HTTP request in editor and view response in a separate pane with syntax highlight;
Send GraphQL query and author GraphQL variables in editor;
Send cURL command in editor and copy HTTP request as cURL command;
Auto save and view/clear request history;
Organize MULTIPLE requests in the same file (separated by ### delimiter);
View image response directly in pane;
Save raw response and response body only to local disk;
Fold and unfold response body | Generate, refactor, and explain entire sections of code;
Edit in natural language;
Generate files from scratch |
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GitHub Stars 5.8K | GitHub Stars 29.6K |
GitHub Forks 503 | GitHub Forks 3.7K |
Stacks 16 | Stacks 2 |
Followers 13 | Followers 5 |
Votes 0 | Votes 0 |
Integrations | |
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