Dev Proxy Toolkit

Dev Proxy is an API simulator that helps you effortlessly test your app beyond the happy path.

The Dev Proxy Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code makes it easy to create and update configuration files.

Important

Dev Proxy Toolkit is designed to be used with the latest version of Dev Proxy. If you are using an earlier build some features may not work as intended. You should update to the latest version.

Features

The following sections describe the features that the extension contributes to Visual Studio Code when installed.

Code Actions

• Update schema to match installed version of Dev Proxy

Code Lenses

• Plugin documentation link

Commands

• Dev Proxy: Start - Only available when Dev Proxy is not running
• Dev Proxy: Stop - Only available when Dev Proxy is running
• Dev Proxy: Raise mock request - Only available when Dev Proxy is running
• Dev Proxy: Start recording - Only available when Dev Proxy is running
• Dev Proxy: Stop recording- Only available when Dev Proxy is recording

Diagnostics

• Check for missing configSection property in plugin instance for plugins that require configuration
• Check for missing configSection when defined in plugin instance
• Check that schema matches installed version of Dev Proxy
• Check that reporters are placed after plugins
• Check that at least one plugin is enabled
• Check that a plugin can be configured with a configSection
• Check for configSections that are not used in plugins

Editor Actions

Shown when the active document is a Dev Proxy configuration file

• Start Dev Proxy
• Stop Dev Proxy
• Raise mock request
• Start recording
• Stop recording

Notifications

• Not installed
• New version detection

Settings

• dev-proxy-toolkit.version - Determines the version to use when Dev Proxy and Dev Proxy Beta are installed side by side. Can be stable (default) or beta.
• dev-proxy-toolkit.newTerminal - Determines if Dev Proxy should be started in a new terminal. Can be true (default) or false.
• dev-proxy-toolkit.showTerminal - Determines if the terminal should be shown when Dev Proxy is started. Can be true (default) or false.
• dev-proxy-toolkit.closeTerminal - Determines if the terminal should be closed when Dev Proxy is stopped. Can be true (default) or false.
• dev-proxy-toolkit.apiPort - Determines the port to use to communicate with Dev Proxy API. Default is 8897.

Snippets

Prefix	Description
devproxy-config-file	Dev Proxy config file
devproxy-config-file-schema	Dev Proxy config file schema
devproxy-error	Dev Proxy error
devproxy-mocks-file	Dev Proxy mocks file
devproxy-mocks-file-schema	Dev Proxy mocks file schema
devproxy-mock	Dev Proxy mock
devproxy-request	Dev Proxy request
devproxy-response	Dev Proxy response
devproxy-response-header	Dev Proxy response header
devproxy-plugin-auth	AuthPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-auth-config-apikey	AuthPlugin API Key config section
devproxy-plugin-auth-config-oauth2	AuthPlugin OAuth2 config section
devproxy-plugin-api-center-minimal-permissions	ApiCenterMinimalPermissionsPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-api-center-minimal-permissions-config	ApiCenterMinimalPermissionsPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-api-center-onboarding	ApiCenterOnboardingPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-api-center-onboarding-config	ApiCenterOnboardingPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-api-center-production-version	ApiCenterProductionVersionPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-api-center-production-version-config	ApiCenterProductionVersionPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-caching-guidance	CachingGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-caching-guidance-config	CachingGuidancePlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-crud-api	CrudApiPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-crud-api-config	CrudApiPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-crud-api-file	CrudApiPlugin API file
devproxy-plugin-crud-api-file-schema	CrudApiPlugin API file schema
devproxy-plugin-crud-api-action	CrudApiPlugin action
devproxy-plugin-dev-tools	DevToolsPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-dev-tools-config	DevToolsPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-entra-mock-response	EntraMockResponsePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-entra-mock-response-config	EntraMockResponsePlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-execution-summary	ExecutionSummaryPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-execution-summary-config	ExecutionSummaryPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-generic-random-error	GenericRandomErrorPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-generic-random-error-config	GenericRandomErrorPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-generic-random-error-file	GenericRandomErrorPlugin errors file
devproxy-plugin-generic-random-error-file-schema	GenericRandomErrorPlugin errors file schema
devproxy-plugin-graph-beta-support-guidance	GraphBetaSupportGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-client-request-id-guidance	GraphClientRequestIdGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-minimal-permissions-guidance	GraphMinimalPermissionsGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-minimal-permissions-guidance-config	GraphMinimalPermissionsGuidancePlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-graph-minimal-permissions	GraphMinimalPermissionsPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-minimal-permissions-config	GraphMinimalPermissionsPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-graph-mock-response	GraphMockResponsePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-mock-response-config	GraphMockResponsePlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-graph-random-error	GraphRandomErrorPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-random-error-config	GraphRandomErrorPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-graph-sdk-guidance	GraphSdkGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-select-guidance	GraphSdkGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-http-file-generator	HttpFileGeneratorPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-http-file-generator-config	HttpFileGeneratorPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-latency	LatencyPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-latency-config	LatencyPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-minimal-permissions	MinimalPermissionsPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-minimal-permissions-config	MinimalPermissionsPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-mock-generator	MockGeneratorPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-mock-request	MockResponsePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-mock-request-config	MockResponsePlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-mock-response	MockResponsePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-mock-response-config	MockResponsePlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-mock-response-schema	MockResponsePlugin schema
devproxy-plugin-odata-paging-guidance	ODataPagingGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-graph-odsp-search-guidance	ODSPSearchGuidancePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-openai-mock-response	OpenAIMockResponsePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-open-api-spec-generator	OpenApiSpecGeneratorPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-open-api-spec-generator-config	OpenApiSpecGeneratorPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-rate-limiting	MockResponsePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-rate-limiting-config	RateLimitingPlugin config section
devproxy-plugin-rate-limiting-file	Dev Proxy rate limiting file
devproxy-plugin-rate-limiting-file-schema	Dev Proxy rate limiting file schema
devproxy-plugin-retry-after	RetryAfterPlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-rewrite	RewritePlugin instance
devproxy-plugin-rewrite-config	RewritePlugin config section
devproxy-reporter-json	JsonReporter instance
devproxy-reporter-markdown	MarkdownReporter instance
devproxy-reporter-plain-text	PlainTextReporter instance

Status Bar

• Display installed Dev Proxy version
• Display waring when Dev Proxy is not latest version
• Display tick if Dev Proxy is latest version (check based on newVersionNotification config setting in Dev Proxy configuration file)
• Display radio tower when Dev Proxy is running
• Display error is Dev Proxy is not installed