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Neovim Plugin

Neovim httpx plugin supplies syntax highlight and command to make request call for http file.

Install​

git clone https://github.com/httpx-sh/httpx.vim.git ~/.config/nvim/pack/github/start/httpx.vim

How to use?​

Open index.http file and move the cursor to a request, then invoke :Httpx command. You can bind keymap with nnoremap <c-h> :Httpx<CR> and press ctrl-h to make request call.

Abbreviations​

httpx vim plugin with following abbreviations by default, and you can add more customized abbreviations.

autocmd FileType httpfile :iabbrev <buffer> hget 
\<CR>### http get
\<CR>GET http://httpbin.org/ip

autocmd FileType httpfile :iabbrev <buffer> hpost 
\<CR>### http post
\<CR>POST http://httpbin.org/post
\<CR>Content-Type: application/json
\<CR>
\<CR>

Screenshot​

Neovim httpx

Neovim RPC testing

To help Neovim users to test Neovim RPC API, and you can use NIVM to test Nvim RPC.

  • Start Nvim with RPC service: nvim --listen 127.0.0.1:6666
  • Call nvim_comand_name from NVIM as following:
### nvim request
NVIM nvim_buf_set_lines
Content-Type: application/json

[0, 0, 0, true, ["hello"]]
  • Test nvim_exec_lua with Lua code:
### nvim Lua exec
NVIM nvim_exec_lua
Content-Type: text/x-lua

vim.api.nvim_command('!ls')

The default connect server is 127.0.0.1:6666. If you want to change target server, please add Host: target_host:6666.