Add option to expand template tags in plugins and UI when exporting

[devhammed]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Template tags are not been expanded when exporting data, I need it the most in a plugin (https://insomnia.rest/plugins/insomnia-plugin-documenter) when using context.data.export.insomnia or context.data.export.har and also it will be nice to have in the UI export too.

Describe the solution you'd like

For the plugin system, there can be a boolean option to enable expanding template tags before exporting so developers can do something like:

const data = await context.data.export.insomnia({
  workspace,
  format: 'json',
  includePrivate: false,
  expandTemplateTags: true,
})

And for the UI, it can simply be a checkbox when exporting.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I feel the above solution is the simplest we can ever get.

Additional context

This is what is currently happening when exporting with template tags and it doesn't look good at all.

[develohpanda]

Interesting, I can totally see the use case for it. Sometimes template tag expansion can also send requests, which I suppose is okay, but something to keep in mind. Provided expansion is added, perhaps you could prompt for the user to check/uncheck the option through your plugin (using a modal, for instance).

I'm not sure off the top of my head how tricky it may be to add expansion, though. I do not think it would be trivial.

[devhammed]

perhaps you could prompt for the user to check/uncheck the option through your plugin (using a modal, for instance).

Yeah, I could do that.

I will be waiting for the support, thank you 🚀🚀🚀

[nijikokun]

Ah, I understand now, by expansion you mean evaluate? So on export the evaluated result replaces the template tag expression? This definitely could be a good feature 👍

[devhammed]

Ah, I understand now, by expansion you mean evaluate? So on export the evaluated result replaces the template tag expression? This definitely could be a good feature

Exactly, will be looking forward to that!

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