Using IntelliJ's HTTP client, how can I run an imported request and pass it variables to be used in the request and response-handler?

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I am trying to create a base request in getToken.http that I can import and run in my main.http file. The base request needs three variables, two of which are loaded from the http-client.env.json file, the credentials for the request, and the third one is a string used in the response handler.

The baseUrl is loaded from the ...env.json and the environment is set to 'local'.

getToken.http:

### Post request with a profile variable
POST {{baseUrl}}/getToken
Authorization: Basic {{username}} {{password}}

> {%
    client.test("Get Auth Token for " + name, function () {
        client.assert(response.body.name === "MY_TOKEN", "MY_TOKEN expected but not found.")
        client.global.set(name + "-TOKEN", response.body.value)
    })

%}

main.http:

import getToken.http

###
run #Post request with 3 variables(@username={{profile1-username}}, @password={{profile1-password}}, @name='test_string')

It does not properly load the variables from the ...env.json. When I check the Authorization of the request it looks like this:

Authorization: Basic {{profile1-username}} {{profile1-password}}

As for the response handler, it says: ReferenceError: name is not defined

Unfortunately, there is no example here: import-http-requests-from-other-http-files

Tilman Kolossa · Accepted Answer · 2025-05-16 11:58:07Z

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About your second issue with the ReferenceError: If I understand the IntelliJ HTTP Client correctly, using an imported request and providing/overriding variables using that (@var = value) syntax these variabled are created as "in-place variables", and according to this bug report in Jetbrains' Youtrack it's not (yet) possible to access those in the response handler JavaScript...

answered May 16 at 11:58

Tilman Kolossa

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