[Feature request] Support mode for env variables.

[AllenDang]

Nice work! This is the restclient I'm looking for a long time.

Here is a common case when I test restful api in day to day work.

Define a env named {{base_url}} in both production and local modes. So I could switch to local to test the code in local server, and switch to prod after deployment.

The {{base_url}} may looks like this.

In production mode, base_url is http://xyz.abc/api/v1.0/something, and in local mode base_url is http://localhost:8080.

If rest.nvim could support this, I could replace my rest client for good.

[NTBBloodbath]

Hey, thank you for kind words :)

This sounds like a really good feature, can you please tell me how do you switch modes? In that way I'll have a cleaner idea about how to implement this!

Regards

[AllenDang]

Here is a basic idea for your reference.

1. Define env variables like this.

[Production] <- this is the mode name and the first mode will be the default mode.
base_url = ...

[Local]
base_url = ...

2. Use base_url as usual in http file.

3. Provide a set of api to:
   a. Get all the modes.
   b. Get current activated mode's name.
   c. Set current activated mode by name.

With those APIs I could integrate them easily with telescope (mode picker and switcher), feline (status line).

[NTBBloodbath]

Thank you so much for such detailed explanation!

Never saw something like this before, do you know if this format is valid in NodeJS dotenv package? I want to know if this already exists so I can take a look at some implementations haha, it seems that we will need to change how our .env files reading process works

[NTBBloodbath]

Alright so I'm implementing this on my own way atm, do you have any idea about how should we identify what environment mode should be used?

[jens1205]

Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/exploring-http-syntax.html#example-working-with-environment-files

[AllenDang]

@NTBBloodbath Always use the first mode defined in env file as default is good enough for me.

[cagucor]

@NTBBloodbath what is the status of this feature?
I would love to have something like this, I'll learn lua if it helps to get it done faster 😀