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Copilot AI commented Mar 16, 2026

Audit of the repo identified several placeholder features blocking this from being a functional Postman-type app. This PR fills in the two highest-impact gaps and adds project documentation.

Authentication (replaces placeholder)

  • ******** — configurable prefix + token → Authorization header
  • Basic Auth — username/password → UTF-8-safe Base64 Authorization header (uses TextEncoder to avoid btoa failures on non-ASCII)
  • API Key — key/value pair, configurable as header or query param
  • Auth config persisted per-request via Tauri Store, supports {{env_var}} substitution
  • Auth headers/params injected at send time alongside user-defined headers
// Auth headers are merged into the request at send time
const result = await sendHttpRequest({
    ...
    headers: [...userHeaders, ...buildAuthHeaders(authConfig, sub)],
    params: [...userParams, ...buildAuthParams(authConfig, sub)],
});

Request History (replaces "No history yet" placeholder)

  • Records method, URL, status, response time, and timestamp for every request (success and failure)
  • Persisted via Tauri Store (capped at 50 entries)
  • History panel with color-coded methods, relative timestamps, and clear button

README.md

  • Features, tech stack, prerequisites, dev/build commands, project structure

Housekeeping

  • Added package-lock.json to .gitignore (project uses Bun)
  • Added AuthConfig, HistoryEntry types to src/lib/types.ts

Still placeholder

Pre-request scripts, test scripts — these need a code editor component (e.g. Monaco) and are out of scope here.

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Can you analyze whats done in this repo and Whats not? What are some tasks left for this to be a functional desktop postman type application.


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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits March 16, 2026 00:10
Co-authored-by: priyanshumahey <72003945+priyanshumahey@users.noreply.github.com>
- Add auth types (Bearer, Basic, API Key) and history types to lib/types.ts
- Add history storage/retrieval and auth persistence functions to lib/settings.ts
- Replace auth placeholder with full config UI (Bearer Token, Basic Auth, API Key)
- Inject auth headers/params into requests when sending
- Implement request history panel with clear functionality
- Record successful and failed requests to history
- Persist auth config per-request via Tauri Store
- Persist history entries via Tauri Store (max 50)

Co-authored-by: priyanshumahey <72003945+priyanshumahey@users.noreply.github.com>
- Use TextEncoder for proper UTF-8 to Base64 encoding in Basic Auth
- Add comprehensive README.md with features, tech stack, setup, and structure

Co-authored-by: priyanshumahey <72003945+priyanshumahey@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Analyze tasks for desktop Postman application functionality Implement auth configuration, request history, and README Mar 16, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from priyanshumahey March 16, 2026 00:19
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