Feature Idea: Send Request for URL at cursor in any buffer

[kevintraver]

It would be useful to have an additional function/method that could work in any buffer, not just http filetype

Here is an example use case:

Imagine you are in a JSON file, and one of the key values is a url. You could place the cursor on the URL and send a request with a single keymap.

This could always assume the use of the GET method.

[vdegenne]

Agreed, for now you can use:

vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>r", function()
  local line = vim.fn.getline(".")
  local url_pattern = [[https?://[%w-_%.%d:/?&=]+]]
  local url_under_cursor = string.match(line, url_pattern)

  -- If a URL was found, proceed with the curl request
  if url_under_cursor then
    require('plenary.job')
      :new({
        command = "curl",
        args = { "--silent", url_under_cursor },
        on_exit = function(job, return_val)
          if return_val == 0 then
            local result = table.concat(job:result(), "\n")
            Snacks.notify.info(result, { ft = "json" })
          else
            Snacks.notify.error("Failed to fetch URL")
          end
        end,
      })
      :start()
  else
    Snacks.notify.warn("No URL found in the current line")
  end
end, { desc = 'curl', noremap = true, silent = true })

Little preview:

screencast_2024-12-16_21-33-08.mp4