Add REST Client extension

[mikolajsemeniuk]

Adds the rest-client extension to the Zed marketplace.

REST Client for .http and .rest files — send HTTP requests directly from the editor with response displayed in a new tab. VS Code REST Client compatible syntax for easy migration.

Features

• Send HTTP requests via code lens above each request
• Response displayed in a new tab with JSON syntax highlighting
• Syntax highlighting for .http and .rest files
• File variables: @name = value declarations + {{name}} substitution
• System variables:
  • {{$guid}} — UUID v4
  • {{$timestamp [N unit]}} — Unix timestamp with optional offset (s/m/h/d/w/y)
  • {{$datetime rfc1123|iso8601|"format" [N unit]}} — formatted dates
  • {{$randomInt min max}} — random integer in range
  • {{$processEnv VAR}} — environment variable lookup

Repositories

• Extension (this submodule): https://github.com/mikolajsemeniuk/zed-rest-client
• LSP server (separate native binary): https://github.com/mikolajsemeniuk/zed-rest-client-lsp

Architecture

The extension is a thin WASM wrapper around a native LSP server (Rust + tower-lsp). The LSP binary is downloaded on first use from GitHub Release assets, with platform-specific archives:

• macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon)
• macOS x86_64 (Intel)
• Linux x86_64
• Windows x86_64

License

Apache-2.0 (both the extension and the LSP server).

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[vatsalgp]

What's the status for this?

Are we going to merge this?

[mikolajsemeniuk]

What's the status for this?

Are we going to merge this?

@vatsalgp, I hope so. This PR is still waiting for review from zed-Industries team.