Advanced REST Client beta 14 release

New beta 14 version of ARC has been released for testing.
You can install it from ARC releases page.

This release comes with complete rewrite of code base and few new features. Read more for a full list of changes.


The application now uses new web components that has been rewritten to comply with the final specification of Web Components. Also, in most cases, Polymer has been replaced with LitElement library.

New stuff

• Click on a link in the response view with CTRL/CMD key pressed will open new GET request in new tab
• Now workspace has its own configuration file with set structure (see this document for more information) 
• Now it is possible to define variables on a workspace level. Workspace variables overrides application variables in case of conflict. With this release it is only possible to define variables in the configuration file. 
• The application now allows to define workspace metadata (description, creation time, author info), export workspace to file, and open the file as a data source for the workspace. This allows you to create a workspace configuration (requests, variables, app-like configuration) and share it with others. This way, regardless of application configuration, you will have the same environment. 
• Added export dialog to the request editor 
• Adding workspace files history menu 
• Adding request configuration options panel in the request editor. Now some application configuration options related to request processing can be overridden on the request level. 
• Adding response image and PDF files preview in the response panel. 
• Adding configuration option to automatically add basic request headers: accept and user-agent. This way that application behaves like cURL. 

Note, workspace configuration is planned for several releases as it is a complex change in the application.

Changes

• Web session URL input has been moved to the workspace instead of ARC app. It allows to configure the URL per workspace
• Replaced export file extension from json to arc. 
• Redesigned application themes. Updating styles for dark and Anypoint themes. Now theme definition is a regular CSS file. 
• Changing a theme does not require application reload anymore. 
• Moving code snippets from workspace to request editor. 
• Exchange search screen now is using new authorization server that fully support OAuth 2 protocol. 
• API Console has been redesigned. It also has new web components. The request panel has been simplified.

Bug fixes

• Content-* headers on GET request - now the app warns you before sending those headers with GET request. This headers can mess up the request on the server side.
• Export to Google Drive flow. Authorization is fixed and the app is enabled to use Google Drive data. 
• Fixed export dialog in the history panel to include default file name. 
• Fixed z-index of the toolbar to restore variables overlay rendering 

We hope you will ❤ this release as much as we do. Try beta version and gives us your feedback.