Dynamically setting environment variables based on headers

You can set environment variables based on the headers of a HTTP request.

Create a file with the .http extension and write your HTTP requests in it.

Example

The headers of the first request can be obtained and used in the second request.

In this example, the Content-Type and Date headers are received in the first request.

simple.http

# @name REQUEST_ONE
POST https://httpbin.org/post HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
  "type": "very-simple"
}

###

POST https://httpbin.org/post HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
  "success": true,
  "previous_request_header_content_type": "{{REQUEST_ONE.response.headers['Content-Type']}}",
  "previous_request_header_date": "{{REQUEST_ONE.response.headers.Date}}"
}