Fix requests not being sent in Insomnia v11

jreyesr · jreyesr · commit 8ae57701a541 · 2025-08-28T21:44:47.000-05:00
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,42 +1,65 @@
+# v1.5.1
+
+**Date:** 2025/08/28
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- Get the plugin to work with Insomnia v11
+  (see [#19](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/issues/19))
+
+# v1.5.0
+
+**Date:** 2024/06/12
+
+### New features
+
+- Add a new template tag that can send different files on each request
+
 # v1.4.0
 
 **Date:** 2024/05/22
 
 ### New features
 
-- Add a way to read outputs (that will be written back to the CSV) from the response's headers, status code and request time, in addition to the response body as JSON ([#13](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/pull/13))
+- Add a way to read outputs (that will be written back to the CSV) from the response's headers, status code and request
+  time, in addition to the response body as
+  JSON ([#13](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/pull/13))
 
 # v1.3.0
 
 **Date:** 2024/01/20
 
 ### New features
 
-- Add the ability to send requests in parallel, with configurable parallelism ([#11](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/pull/11))
+- Add the ability to send requests in parallel, with configurable
+  parallelism ([#11](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/pull/11))
 
 # v1.2.0
 
 **Date:** 2023/03/21
 
 ### New features
 
-- Add a configuration option to set default delay for all requests ([#7](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/pull/7))
+- Add a configuration option to set default delay for all
+  requests ([#7](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/pull/7))
 
 # v1.1.1
 
 **Date:** 2023/03/21
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
-- Fix plugin freezing after sending the first request when response isn't valid JSON ([#4](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/issues/4))
+- Fix plugin freezing after sending the first request when response isn't valid
+  JSON ([#4](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/issues/4))
 
 # v1.1.0
 
 **Date:** 2023/03/18
 
 ### New features
 
-- Added a configuration option to set a delay between consecutive requests ([#1](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/issues/1))
+- Added a configuration option to set a delay between consecutive
+  requests ([#1](https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests/issues/1))
 
 # v1.0.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Since `v1.2.0`, there is a Global Configuration dialog in which you can select a
 9. To run tests, run `npm run test`
 10. Make commit.
 11. GOTO 6
-12. Update the package version in `package.json`.
+12. Update the package version in `package.json` and add a new entry on `CHANGELOG.md`
 13. When done, submit a PR and merge it. If releasing a new version, see [the next section](#releasing).
 
 ## Releasing
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/jreyesr/insomnia-plugin-batch-requests"
   },
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "author": {
     "name": "jreyesr",
     "url": "https://github.com/jreyesr"
diff --git a/tags.js b/tags.js
@@ -1,81 +1,88 @@
 export const MAGIC_FILE_FIELD_PREFIX = "%INSOMNIA_PLUGIN_BATCH_REQUESTS%"
 
-export const templateTags = [{
-    name: 'batchVariable',
-    displayName: 'Batch',
-    liveDisplayName: ([colName, sample]) => (colName.value ? `CSV[${colName.value}]: ${sample.value}` : 'Batch'),
-    description: 'Placeholder for the Batch Requests plugin',
-    args: [
-        {
-            displayName: 'Name',
-            description: 'Ensure that this value matches the name of a column in your CSV file',
-            type: 'string',
-            validate: (val) => (val ? '' : 'Enter a column name!'),
-        },
-        {
-            displayName: 'Sample value',
-            description: 'This value will be used when sending the request manually (outside of Batch Requests)',
-            type: 'string'
+function getInfo(context, name) {
+    // Old Insomnia (pre-v11?): getExtraInfo(key) => extraInfo.find(v => v.name === key).value
+    // New Insomnia (>= v11): getExtraInfo() => extraInfo
+    // we always pass (see utils.js) an array with value [{name: "batchExtraData", value: JSON.stringify(...)}]
+
+    const extraData = context.context.getExtraInfo("batchExtraData") // param will be ignored by new Insomnia
+    if (extraData) {
+        console.debug('[store.get]', extraData);
+        if (Array.isArray(extraData)) {
+            // new Insomnia versions, they pass extra data as-is so we need to manually find the proper key-val object
+            return JSON.parse(extraData.find(x => x.name === "batchExtraData").value)[name];
+        } else {
+            // old Insomnia versions, they've already picked out the correct item from the array
+            return JSON.parse(extraData)[name]
         }
-    ],
-    async run(context, name, sample) {
-        // context.renderPurpose is set to 'send' when actually sending the request
-        if(context.renderPurpose === 'send') {
-            const extraData = context.context.getExtraInfo("batchExtraData")
-            if(extraData) {
-                console.debug('[store.get]', extraData);
-                return JSON.parse(extraData)[name];
+    } else {
+        console.error(`Cannot find column ${name} on request extra data! Falling back to sample value.`);
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
+
+export const templateTags = [
+    {
+        name: 'batchVariable',
+        displayName: 'Batch',
+        liveDisplayName: ([colName, sample]) => (colName.value ? `CSV[${colName.value}]: ${sample.value}` : 'Batch'),
+        description: 'Placeholder for the Batch Requests plugin',
+        args: [
+            {
+                displayName: 'Name',
+                description: 'Ensure that this value matches the name of a column in your CSV file',
+                type: 'string',
+                validate: (val) => (val ? '' : 'Enter a column name!'),
+            },
+            {
+                displayName: 'Sample value',
+                description: 'This value will be used when sending the request manually (outside of Batch Requests)',
+                type: 'string'
+            }
+        ],
+        async run(context, name, sample) {
+            // context.renderPurpose is set to 'send' when actually sending the request
+            if (context.renderPurpose === 'send') {
+                return getInfo(context, name) ?? sample
             } else {
-                console.error(`Cannot find column ${name} on request extra data! Falling back to sample value.`);
+                // context.renderPurpose is undefined when previewing the template tag's value
                 return sample;
             }
-        } else {
-            // context.renderPurpose is undefined when previewing the template tag's value
-            return sample;
-        }
-    },
-},
-/*
-    When set on a Text field in a form body, this template tag will replace itself with the value
-    "%INSOMNIA_PLUGIN_BATCH_REQUESTS%<field in CSV column>"
-    This will be set by Insomnia as the (text) value of the field.
-    Then, as the request is going out, it'll be intercepted by a Request hook (see main.js),
-    which will strip the prefix and force the field to be interpreted as a File, rather than pure text,
-    as if a user had selected a file to begin with, in the Insomnia UI
-*/
-{
-    name: 'batchFile',
-    displayName: 'Batch (File)',
-    liveDisplayName: ([colName, sample]) => (colName.value ? `CSV[${colName.value}] as File: ${sample.value}` : 'Batch (File)'),
-    description: 'Placeholder for the Batch Requests plugin',
-    args: [
-        {
-            displayName: 'Name',
-            description: 'Ensure that this value matches the name of a column in your CSV file',
-            type: 'string',
-            validate: (val) => (val ? '' : 'Enter a column name!'),
         },
-        {
-            displayName: 'Sample value',
-            description: 'This value will be used when sending the request manually (outside of Batch Requests)',
-            type: 'string'
-        }
-    ],
-    async run(context, name, sample) {
-        // context.renderPurpose is set to 'send' when actually sending the request
-        if(context.renderPurpose === 'send') {
-            const extraData = context.context.getExtraInfo("batchExtraData")
-            if(extraData) {
-                console.debug('[store.get]', extraData);
-                // Magic marker so we can later (in a request hook) identify these fields and mangle them
-                return MAGIC_FILE_FIELD_PREFIX + JSON.parse(extraData)[name];
+    },
+    /*
+        When set on a Text field in a form body, this template tag will replace itself with the value
+        "%INSOMNIA_PLUGIN_BATCH_REQUESTS%<field in CSV column>"
+        This will be set by Insomnia as the (text) value of the field.
+        Then, as the request is going out, it'll be intercepted by a Request hook (see main.js),
+        which will strip the prefix and force the field to be interpreted as a File, rather than pure text,
+        as if a user had selected a file to begin with, in the Insomnia UI
+    */
+    {
+        name: 'batchFile',
+        displayName: 'Batch (File)',
+        liveDisplayName: ([colName, sample]) => (colName.value ? `CSV[${colName.value}] as File: ${sample.value}` : 'Batch (File)'),
+        description: 'Placeholder for the Batch Requests plugin',
+        args: [
+            {
+                displayName: 'Name',
+                description: 'Ensure that this value matches the name of a column in your CSV file',
+                type: 'string',
+                validate: (val) => (val ? '' : 'Enter a column name!'),
+            },
+            {
+                displayName: 'Sample value',
+                description: 'This value will be used when sending the request manually (outside of Batch Requests)',
+                type: 'string'
+            }
+        ],
+        async run(context, name, sample) {
+            // context.renderPurpose is set to 'send' when actually sending the request
+            if (context.renderPurpose === 'send') {
+                return MAGIC_FILE_FIELD_PREFIX + (getInfo(context, name) ?? sample)
             } else {
-                console.error(`Cannot find column ${name} on request extra data! Falling back to sample value.`);
-                return MAGIC_FILE_FIELD_PREFIX + sample;
+                // context.renderPurpose is undefined when previewing the template tag's value
+                return "[File contents of " + sample + "]";
             }
-        } else {
-            // context.renderPurpose is undefined when previewing the template tag's value
-            return "[File contents of " + sample + "]";
-        }
-    },
-}]
+        },
+    }]
