Allow spaces in variable names, and cross compat

Author: Matsuuu

lua/rest-nvim/request/init.lua

@@ -161,10 +161,14 @@ end
 -- @param stmt the request statement, e.g., POST http://localhost:3000/foo
 local function parse_url(stmt)
   local parsed = utils.split(stmt, " ")
+  local http_method = parsed[1]
+  table.remove(parsed, 1)
+  local target_url = table.concat(parsed, " ")
+
   return {
-    method = parsed[1],
+    method = http_method,
     -- Encode URL
-    url = utils.encode_url(utils.replace_vars(parsed[2])),
+    url = utils.encode_url(utils.replace_vars(target_url)),
   }
 end
 

lua/rest-nvim/utils/init.lua

@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ end
 -- @param str Where replace the placers for the env variables
 M.replace_vars = function(str)
   local vars = M.read_variables()
+  -- remove $dotenv tags, which are used by the vscode rest client for cross compatibility
+  str = str:gsub("%$dotenv ", ""):gsub("%$DOTENV ", "")
 
   for var in string.gmatch(str, "{{[^}]+}}") do
     var = var:gsub("{", ""):gsub("}", "")