Add copy-as-code-snippet for requests on the Send page

komen205 · claude · komen205 · commit 8013cb1fcccb · 2026-06-11T12:13:47.000+01:00
Adds a copy button to the Send request line that opens a menu of code
snippet formats, mirroring the View page's export context menu. The
snippet is generated directly from the in-progress request input, so
requests can be exported as code while editing, before they're sent.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/components/send/request-pane.tsx b/src/components/send/request-pane.tsx
@@ -7,13 +7,23 @@ import * as HarFormat from 'har-format';
 
 import { RawHeaders } from '../../types';
 
+import { AccountStore } from '../../model/account/account-store';
 import { RulesStore } from '../../model/rules/rules-store';
 import { UiStore } from '../../model/ui/ui-store';
 import { RequestInput } from '../../model/send/send-request-model';
 import { EditableContentType } from '../../model/events/content-types';
+import { ContextMenuItem } from '../../model/ui/context-menu';
+import {
+    generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput,
+    getCodeSnippetFormatKey,
+    getCodeSnippetFormatName,
+    getCodeSnippetOptionFromKey,
+    snippetExportOptions,
+    SnippetOption
+} from '../../model/ui/export';
 
 import { ContainerSizedEditor } from '../editor/base-editor';
-import { useHotkeys } from '../../util/ui';
+import { useHotkeys, copyToClipboard } from '../../util/ui';
 
 import { SendCardContainer } from './send-card-section';
 import { SendRequestLine } from './send-request-line';
@@ -49,10 +59,12 @@ const RequestPaneKeyboardShortcuts = (props: {
 
 @inject('rulesStore')
 @inject('uiStore')
+@inject('accountStore')
 @observer
 export class RequestPane extends React.Component<{
     rulesStore?: RulesStore,
     uiStore?: UiStore,
+    accountStore?: AccountStore,
 
     editorNode: portals.HtmlPortalNode<typeof ContainerSizedEditor>,
 
@@ -106,6 +118,7 @@ export class RequestPane extends React.Component<{
                 isSending={isSending}
                 sendRequest={sendRequest}
                 updateFromHar={this.props.updateFromHar}
+                showCopyAsSnippetMenu={this.showCopyAsSnippetMenu}
             />
             <SendRequestHeadersCard
                 {...this.cardProps.requestHeaders}
@@ -152,4 +165,57 @@ export class RequestPane extends React.Component<{
         requestInput.rawBody.updateDecodedBody(input);
     }
 
+    private copyRequestAsSnippet = async (snippetOption: SnippetOption) => {
+        const { requestInput } = this.props;
+
+        try {
+            const snippet = generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput(requestInput, snippetOption);
+            await copyToClipboard(snippet);
+        } catch (e: any) {
+            console.log(e);
+            alert(`Could not copy this request as a code snippet:\n\n${e.message || e}`);
+        }
+    };
+
+    private showCopyAsSnippetMenu = (event: React.MouseEvent) => {
+        const uiStore = this.props.uiStore!;
+        const isPaidUser = this.props.accountStore!.user.isPaidUser();
+
+        const preferredFormat = uiStore.exportSnippetFormat
+            ? getCodeSnippetOptionFromKey(uiStore.exportSnippetFormat)
+            : undefined;
+
+        const menuItems: Array<ContextMenuItem<void>> = [
+            ...(!isPaidUser ? [
+                { type: 'option', label: 'With Pro:', enabled: false, callback: () => {} }
+            ] as const : []),
+            // If you have a preferred default format, we show that option at the top level:
+            ...(preferredFormat && isPaidUser ? [{
+                type: 'option' as const,
+                label: `Copy as ${getCodeSnippetFormatName(preferredFormat)} Snippet`,
+                callback: () => this.copyRequestAsSnippet(preferredFormat)
+            }] : []),
+            {
+                type: 'submenu',
+                enabled: isPaidUser,
+                label: `Copy as Code Snippet`,
+                items: Object.keys(snippetExportOptions).map((snippetGroupName) => ({
+                    type: 'submenu' as const,
+                    label: snippetGroupName,
+                    items: snippetExportOptions[snippetGroupName].map((snippetOption) => ({
+                        type: 'option' as const,
+                        label: getCodeSnippetFormatName(snippetOption),
+                        callback: action(() => {
+                            // When you pick an option here, it updates your preferred default option
+                            uiStore.exportSnippetFormat = getCodeSnippetFormatKey(snippetOption);
+                            this.copyRequestAsSnippet(snippetOption);
+                        })
+                    }))
+                }))
+            }
+        ];
+
+        uiStore.handleContextMenuEvent(event, menuItems);
+    };
+
 }
diff --git a/src/components/send/send-request-line.tsx b/src/components/send/send-request-line.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMethodColor } from '../../model/events/categorization';
 
 import { Ctrl } from '../../util/ui';
 import { Button, Select, TextInput } from '../common/inputs';
+import { IconButton } from '../common/icon-button';
 
 type MethodName = keyof typeof Method;
 const validMethods = Object.values(Method)
@@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ const UrlInput = styled(TextInput)`
     }
 `;
 
+const CopySnippetButton = styled(IconButton)`
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+    padding: 5px 12px;
+
+    font-size: ${p => p.theme.textSize};
+`;
+
 const SendButton = styled(Button)`
     padding: 4px 18px 5px;
     border-radius: 0;
@@ -122,6 +130,8 @@ export const SendRequestLine = (props: {
 
     isSending: boolean;
     sendRequest: () => void;
+
+    showCopyAsSnippetMenu: (event: React.MouseEvent) => void;
 }) => {
     const updateMethodFromEvent = React.useCallback((changeEvent: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLSelectElement>) => {
         props.updateMethod(changeEvent.target.value);
@@ -198,6 +208,12 @@ export const SendRequestLine = (props: {
             onChange={updateUrlFromEvent}
             onPaste={onPaste}
         />
+        <CopySnippetButton
+            title='Copy this request as a code snippet'
+            icon={['far', 'copy']}
+            disabled={!props.url}
+            onClick={props.showCopyAsSnippetMenu}
+        />
         <SendButton
             type='submit'
             disabled={props.isSending}
diff --git a/src/model/http/har.ts b/src/model/http/har.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,55 @@ export function generateHarRequest(
     return requestEntry;
 }
 
+// Generates a HAR request for request data that hasn't (yet) been sent, e.g. an
+// in-progress request input on the Send page. Unlike generateHarRequest above, the
+// body here is always already decoded & available synchronously.
+export function generateHarRequestFromRequestData(request: {
+    method: string,
+    url: string,
+    rawHeaders: RawHeaders,
+    decodedBody: Buffer
+}): ExtendedHarRequest {
+    const parsedUrl = new URL(request.url);
+    const headers = asHtkHeaders(asHarHeaders(request.rawHeaders));
+
+    const requestEntry: ExtendedHarRequest = {
+        method: request.method,
+        url: parsedUrl.toString(),
+        httpVersion: 'HTTP/1.1', // All sent requests are HTTP/1.1 for now
+        cookies: asHarRequestCookies(headers),
+        headers: asHarHeaders(request.rawHeaders),
+        queryString: Array.from(parsedUrl.searchParams.entries()).map(
+            ([paramKey, paramValue]) => ({
+                name: paramKey,
+                value: paramValue
+            })
+        ),
+        headersSize: -1,
+        bodySize: request.decodedBody.byteLength
+    };
+
+    try {
+        requestEntry.postData = generateHarPostBody(
+            UTF8Decoder.decode(request.decodedBody),
+            getHeaderValue(request.rawHeaders, 'content-type') || 'application/octet-stream'
+        );
+    } catch (e) {
+        if (e instanceof TypeError) {
+            requestEntry._requestBodyStatus = 'discarded:not-representable';
+            requestEntry._content = {
+                text: request.decodedBody.toString('base64'),
+                size: request.decodedBody.byteLength,
+                encoding: 'base64'
+            };
+        } else {
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return requestEntry;
+}
+
 type TextBody = {
     mimeType: string,
     text: string
diff --git a/src/model/ui/export.ts b/src/model/ui/export.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import * as HTTPSnippet from "@httptoolkit/httpsnippet";
 import { saveFile } from "../../util/ui";
 
 import { HttpExchangeView } from "../../types";
-import { generateHarRequest, generateHar, ExtendedHarRequest } from '../http/har';
+import {
+    generateHarRequest,
+    generateHarRequestFromRequestData,
+    generateHar,
+    ExtendedHarRequest
+} from '../http/har';
+import { RequestInput } from '../send/send-request-model';
 
 export const exportHar = async (exchange: HttpExchangeView) => {
     const harContent = JSON.stringify(
@@ -48,9 +54,33 @@ export function generateCodeSnippet(
     const harRequest = generateHarRequest(exchange.request, false, {
         bodySizeLimit: Infinity
     });
+
+    return generateCodeSnippetFromHarRequest(harRequest, snippetFormat);
+};
+
+// Generates a code snippet for a not-yet-sent request input, e.g. while editing
+// a request on the Send page.
+export function generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput(
+    requestInput: RequestInput,
+    snippetFormat: SnippetOption
+): string {
+    const harRequest = generateHarRequestFromRequestData({
+        method: requestInput.method,
+        url: requestInput.url,
+        rawHeaders: requestInput.headers,
+        decodedBody: requestInput.rawBody.decoded
+    });
+
+    return generateCodeSnippetFromHarRequest(harRequest, snippetFormat);
+};
+
+function generateCodeSnippetFromHarRequest(
+    harRequest: ExtendedHarRequest,
+    snippetFormat: SnippetOption
+): string {
     const harSnippetBase = simplifyHarForSnippetExport(harRequest);
 
-    // Then, we convert that HAR to code for the given target:
+    // We convert the HAR to code for the given target:
     return new HTTPSnippet(harSnippetBase)
         .convert(snippetFormat.target, snippetFormat.client)
         .trim();
diff --git a/test/unit/model/ui/export.spec.ts b/test/unit/model/ui/export.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { expect } from "../../../test-setup";
+
+import { RequestInput } from "../../../../src/model/send/send-request-model";
+import {
+    generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput,
+    getCodeSnippetOptionFromKey
+} from "../../../../src/model/ui/export";
+
+const curlFormat = getCodeSnippetOptionFromKey('shell~~curl');
+
+describe("Code snippet generation from Send request inputs", () => {
+
+    it("should generate a curl snippet for a simple GET request", () => {
+        const requestInput = new RequestInput({
+            method: 'GET',
+            url: 'https://example.com/path?a=b',
+            headers: [
+                ['host', 'example.com'],
+                ['accept', 'application/json']
+            ],
+            requestContentType: 'text',
+            rawBody: Buffer.from([])
+        });
+
+        const snippet = generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput(requestInput, curlFormat);
+
+        expect(snippet).to.include('curl');
+        expect(snippet).to.include('https://example.com/path?a=b');
+        expect(snippet).to.include("--header 'accept: application/json'");
+    });
+
+    it("should generate a curl snippet including the body for a POST request", () => {
+        const requestInput = new RequestInput({
+            method: 'POST',
+            url: 'https://example.com/upload',
+            headers: [
+                ['host', 'example.com'],
+                ['content-type', 'application/json'],
+                ['content-length', '18']
+            ],
+            requestContentType: 'json',
+            rawBody: Buffer.from('{"hello":"world"}')
+        });
+
+        const snippet = generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput(requestInput, curlFormat);
+
+        expect(snippet).to.include('--request POST');
+        expect(snippet).to.include('https://example.com/upload');
+        expect(snippet).to.include("--header 'content-type: application/json'");
+        expect(snippet).to.include('{"hello":"world"}');
+
+        // Content-length is dropped, as clients can calculate it themselves:
+        expect(snippet).to.not.include('content-length');
+    });
+
+    it("should drop content-encoding headers and use the decoded body", () => {
+        const requestInput = new RequestInput({
+            method: 'POST',
+            url: 'https://example.com/',
+            headers: [
+                ['host', 'example.com'],
+                ['content-type', 'text/plain'],
+                ['content-encoding', 'gzip']
+            ],
+            requestContentType: 'text',
+            rawBody: Buffer.from('plain text body')
+        });
+
+        const snippet = generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput(requestInput, curlFormat);
+
+        expect(snippet).to.include('plain text body');
+        expect(snippet).to.not.include('content-encoding');
+    });
+
+    it("should fail clearly given an invalid URL", () => {
+        const requestInput = new RequestInput({
+            method: 'GET',
+            url: 'not-a-real-url',
+            headers: [],
+            requestContentType: 'text',
+            rawBody: Buffer.from([])
+        });
+
+        expect(() =>
+            generateCodeSnippetFromRequestInput(requestInput, curlFormat)
+        ).to.throw();
+    });
+
+});
