Table of Contents

• Overview
• Usage
  • Installation
  • Configuration

Overview

An Insomnia plugin that asks for confirmation before sending a request, useful for production environments.

Usage

Installation

From the Plugins Tab

1. Open Insomnia
2. Go to Application > Preferences > Plugins
3. Type "insomnia-plugin-ask-before-sending"
4. Click "Install Plugin"

Manual Installation

1. Download "insomnia-plugin-ask-before-sending.zip" from Releases > Assets
2. Go to Application > Preferences > Plugins
3. Click "Show Plugins Folder"
4. Extract the zip from step 1 to the "plugins" folder
5. Click "Reload Plugin List"

Configuration

Update your environment:

1. Click "Manage Environments"
2. Create a "askBeforeSending" environment variable with the HTTP methods that need confirmation before sending:

{
  "askBeforeSending": ["POST", "PUT", "DELETE"]
}

3. You can also prevent the confirmation popup from appearing for specific requests through the "askBeforeSendingIgnoreRequests" environment variable:

{
  "askBeforeSending": ["POST", "PUT", "DELETE"],
  "askBeforeSendingIgnoreRequests": ["req_3af401b1f07f4cad9c3f657d08ea7a6d"],
}

To find out the request ID, right-click the request and select "Settings". The request ID will be at the top, beginning with req_.