Extension Settings

Postmate Client can be customized through standard VS Code settings. All settings live under the PostMate section.

How to Open Settings

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+, / Cmd+, also works directly)
2. Go to Settings → Extensions → PostMate
3. Or search for postmate in the settings search bar

Settings can be configured at the User level (applies everywhere) or the Workspace level (applies to the current project only), just like any other VS Code setting.

Available Settings

Clear Output Before Request

Clears the Postmate output window automatically before every request, so the output panel shows only the logs for your latest request.

• Default: false (off)
• Scope: Applies to individual HTTP requests only. It does not apply to collection runs or WebSocket connections — a collection run keeps its full consolidated log, and WebSocket sessions keep their streaming message history.

Manual alternative

You can always right-click inside the output panel and select Clear to wipe it manually, regardless of this setting.

Log As Curl

Logs each outgoing request to the output window as a ready-to-run cURL command instead of plain text. Useful for sharing a reproducible request with teammates or replaying it from a terminal.

• Default: true (on)

Save On Send

Automatically saves the request when you click Send, so you never lose changes to the URL, headers, body, or scripts.

• Default: true (on)

Sort Request Alphabetically

Sorts requests alphabetically inside each collection or folder, instead of showing them in creation order.

• Default: false (off)

Use Workspace As Project Dir

Stores Postmate data (collections, environments, data tables) in the current workspace folder instead of the default VS Code globalStorage location. Enable this when you want your API collections versioned alongside your project in Git.

• Default: false (off)

Heads-up

Changing this setting switches where Postmate reads and writes its data. Existing collections in the other location are not moved automatically.

Quick Reference

Setting	Default	What it does
Clear Output Before Request	false	Clear the output window before each HTTP request
Log As Curl	true	Log outgoing requests as cURL commands
Save On Send	true	Save the request when Send is clicked
Sort Request Alphabetically	false	Alphabetical ordering inside collections/folders
Use Workspace As Project Dir	false	Store data in the workspace folder instead of globalStorage

Related

• Building Requests
• Collection Runner
• pm Library Reference