What's new in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.8.4

Apr 3, 2024
  • Simplified management of display group request items.
  • Save execution data of multiple basic request tabs to external file.
  • New toolbar actions in create request body and build URL windows.
  • Plenty of minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.8.3 (Feb 20, 2024)

  • Save complete basic request execution data to an external file.
  • Toggle active status for multiple project request items.
  • Tab menu improvements in basic request window.
  • Support for sample tabs in basic request window.
  • Other minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.8.2 (Jan 4, 2024)

  • Redesigned window for creating request body.
  • Simplified removal of request item from display group.
  • Improved performance with displaying JSON data.
  • Plenty of minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.8.1 (Nov 14, 2023)

  • Set selected text as parameter value in basic request and execution windows.
  • Include or exclude request headers and body lines in basic request window.
  • Improvements with updating existing project from OpenAPI data.
  • Other improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.8.0 (Oct 8, 2023)

  • Support for single-value project parameters in basic request window.
  • Improved window for managing parameter values during the execution.
  • Various UI improvements in basic request window.
  • New help topics on using project parameters.
  • Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.7.5 (Sep 3, 2023)

  • Support for separate request item list sort order for each project.
  • Additional application options to customize navigation tabs.
  • Additional application options to customize OpenAPI data handling.
  • Application option to select last active request item when opening projects.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.7.4 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • cURL support in basic request window.
  • Review existing project item data in the OpenAPI window.
  • Manage execution order of a single display group items.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.7.3 (May 21, 2023)

  • Update existing project items from OpenAPI data.
  • Additional OpenAPI customization options.
  • Execution order management improvements.
  • Plenty of minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.7.2 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Significantly updated online documentation.
  • Simplified authentication support.
  • Improved display and execution group management.
  • Additional execution options.
  • Other improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.7.2 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Significantly updated online documentation.
  • Simplified authentication support.
  • Improved display and execution group management.
  • Additional execution options.
  • Other improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.7.1 (Mar 5, 2023)

  • Disable basic request tab for execution.
  • Improved project creation in basic request window.
  • Simplified UI for defining chaining items.
  • Plenty of minor UI changes and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.6.2 (Jan 6, 2023)

  • Add new request item to the specific display group.
  • Locate desired display group in the main window.
  • Support for renaming basic request tabs.
  • WebView2 used for rendering HTML content.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.6.1 (Dec 5, 2022)

  • Support for manually specifying authorization code or access token.
  • New look of request item list in the basic request window.
  • Improved execution of selected request items in the main window.
  • Other UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.6.0 (Nov 20, 2022)

  • Support for display groups in the main window.
  • Simplified procedure for adding request items to the execution group.
  • Ability to save project with the desired encoding.
  • Improvements to creating project from OpenAPI data.
  • Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.5.4 (Oct 20, 2022)

  • Switch to plain execution directly in the execution window.
  • Support for sample upload data.
  • Additional options to customize created cURL commands.
  • Many UI enhancements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.5.3 (Sep 11, 2022)

  • Application options to customize OpenAPI data handling.
  • Execute created cURL commands in a command prompt.
  • Additional options to customize created cURL commands.
  • UI improvements in build request body and parse OpenAPI windows.
  • Other minor UI and performance improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.5.2 (Aug 16, 2022)

  • Revamped window for creating project from OpenAPI data.
  • Enhanced global data management.
  • Improved window for creating curl commands.
  • Other UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.5.1 (Jul 7, 2022)

  • Additional options when creating cURL requests.
  • Improved application options management.
  • Enhanced functionality for excluding elements when uploading data.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.5.0 (Jun 7, 2022)

  • Create cURL requests from project request items.
  • Improved connection proxy management.
  • Set default project execution timeout value in application options.
  • Simplified access to sample project inside the application.
  • Improvements to command-line interface onboarding.
  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.4.2 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • Significantly improved cookie management.
  • Major UI improvements of request item properties.
  • Open request item as basic request with multiple global URL values.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.4.1 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • New command line parameters for customizing PDF execution reports.
  • Various improvements with managing execution groups.
  • Other minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.4.0 (Feb 2, 2022)

  • Status bar with various execution data added to the execution window.
  • Runtime upgraded to .NET 4.8 with support for TLS 1.3.
  • Application option to ensure that current item is always visible during the execution.
  • Ability to open project request items in basic request window with context menu.
  • Simplified menus for execution options in the main window.
  • Various UI enhancements in execution and basic request windows.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.3.0 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Create new request items in basic request window from OpenAPI data.
  • Change request item active status from the main window context menu.
  • Basic request window layout improvements.
  • New application options and improved options window.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.2.0 (Nov 3, 2021)

  • Trial changes for Professional Edition (time limit removed).
  • Major performance improvements when generating PDF reports.
  • Ability to embed selected font in PDF report document.
  • Support for inserting global header value in basic request window.
  • Manage some execution options directly in the main window.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.1.0 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • New icon style for better display under different system themes.
  • Ability to validate response JSON data as an array or an object.
  • Support for creating PDF reports during command line execution.
  • Additional improvements to command line interface (plain execution and overwrite parameters).
  • Manage various execution options directly from the execution window.
  • Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.0.2 (Aug 11, 2021)

  • Support for customizing font colors in pretty viewers (options window).
  • Some menus and toolbars rearranged for better user experience.
  • Icon improvements and other minor UI changes and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.0.1 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • GUI improvements to fully respect selected operating system theme.
  • Support for customizing font colors in pretty viewers.
  • Request item excluded from execution displayed in disabled font color.
  • Other minor UI improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 5.0.0 (Jun 17, 2021)

  • New SVG icons for better high-DPI rendering.
  • Many user interface improvements for better experience on high DPI displays.
  • Ability to play sound when execution batch completes.
  • Improved procedure for creating new project in the basic request window.
  • Upgrade to Microsoft .NET 4.7.
  • Upgrade to the latest version of components (JSON.NET, HtmlAgilityPack, etc.)
  • Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.8.1 (Mar 9, 2021)

  • Simplified request item opening in basic request window.
  • Easier management of global URL data in the main window.
  • Support for additional conversion functions.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.8.0 (Jan 5, 2021)

  • Apply conversion expression with multiple functions to parameter or chaining items.
  • Support for additional conversion functions.
  • Generate random parameter value from the list of values.
  • Support for random and increasing time parameters.
  • Various fixes and improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.7.4 (Nov 7, 2020)

  • URL builder for creating execution address in basic request window.
  • Open request items as basic request with the specific global URL in the main window.
  • Context sensitive double click in the main window list (execution order and execution count).
  • Other minor UI improvements and changes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.7.3 (Aug 17, 2020)

  • Ability to validate a custom logical validation expression.
  • New functions with parameters and chaining items.
  • Minor fixes and improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.7.2 (Aug 11, 2020)

  • Change timeout and delay in the execution window.
  • Create new global URL data for the specific environment in the execution window.
  • Support for additional parameter date formats.
  • Many UI enhancements and new version of OpenAPI.NET library.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.7.1 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • Support for random parameters of type Guid.
  • New functions with parameters and chaining items.
  • Many UI enhancements, including new environment font and improved settings.
  • New version of OpenAPI.NET library.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.6.2 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • Ability to define default value for project chaining.
  • Application option to specify default content type for request data.
  • Open existing project file from disk in the welcome window.
  • Improved UI for application options & other minor improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.6.1 (Nov 18, 2019)

  • Separate button for inserting dynamic data in the corresponding field.
  • Select request items for PDF export inside the export window.
  • Execution start time added to execution results and execution report.
  • Other minor UI improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.6.0 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Ability to insert global URL data value in selected field in basic request window.
  • Support for sorting request item list in basic request window.
  • Execute selected group directly in the manage execution groups window.
  • Include/exclude all parameters in query string builder.
  • Close selected tab with the middle mouse button.
  • New context menu in request item execution list.
  • Minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.5.1 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • Select global URL and global query string directly in the execution window.
  • Support for query string builder with request item URL property.
  • Minor UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.5.0 (Jun 10, 2019)

  • Select and open desired recent project in welcome window.
  • Separate window for user-friendly query string building.
  • Menu options to quickly increase or decrease item execution order.
  • Improved request body viewer in execution window.
  • UI and performance improvements when parsing OpenAPI data.
  • Various minor UI improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.4.1 (May 8, 2019)

  • New version of OpenAPI.NET package included.
  • Separate button for switching word wrapping setting for multiline fields.
  • Improved access to some online help topics.
  • Various UI improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.4.0 (Apr 6, 2019)

  • Override automatically determined request item execution count by manually specifying execution count value.
  • Open corresponding online help topic from currently active window.
  • Reverse request item execution order when using multiple parameters with multiple values.
  • Support for indentation guide lines in pretty data viewers.
  • List of relevant request items displayed when creating new execution group from the main window.
  • Various UI and performance improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.3.0 (Feb 4, 2019)

  • Update existing HttpMaster project from OpenAPI data.
  • Support for version 3 when parsing OpenAPI data.
  • Support for YAML data format when parsing OpenAPI data.
  • Ability to use project parameter value in basic request window.
  • Use obtained authorization code or access token in basic request window.
  • New menus in action button to HTML encode/decode selected data.
  • Plenty of minor fixes and improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.2.0 (Oct 24, 2018)

  • Ability to create new execution group directly in the main window.
  • Option to add bookmarks when creating PDF report with execution data.
  • Support for adding custom report title and page footer when creating PDF report with execution data.
  • Exclude request header or request body data item in basic request window with comment (double slash).
  • New menus in action button to escape/unescape regular expression data.
  • Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.1.0 (Aug 13, 2018)

  • New menus for inserting authorization code and access token variables.
  • Pick file or folder with dialog when entering pre/post execution actions.
  • Show/hide particular column in request item list (main window).
  • Word wrap application setting now also affects request headers, request cookies, and request body.
  • Ad-hoc word wrap switching now available in text field's action button.
  • Action button available with regular expression in chaining definition.
  • Numerous minor usability improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 4.0.0 (Jun 17, 2018)

  • Support for obtaining authorization code and access token from external authentication providers.
  • Specify pre-execution and post-execution actions for request item.
  • Improvements with request item status code validation.
  • Ability to stop execution batch on validation failure now available in Express Edition.
  • Application setting for auto-indenting text in request data field.
  • Additional execution options available in the main window.
  • HttpMaster now requires .NET 4.6 or later.
  • HttpMaster documentation available online.
  • Plenty of minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.6 (Apr 4, 2018)

  • Set active global URL or active global query string in basic request window.
  • 'Insert GUID' command supported with actions button.
  • Minor UI improvements and various fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.5 (Mar 13, 2018)

  • Improvements with entering request body (select pretty viewer, automatic indent, etc.).
  • Improved display of sent and received cookies in 'Cookies' tab.
  • Ability to rewrite received cookie domain when resending it.
  • Various UI improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.4 (Jan 4, 2018)

  • Ability to manage list of recent project files and recent execution data files.
  • Additional http options supported in basic request window.
  • Action to quickly insert standard http header in request headers field.
  • Various UI improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.3 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • Advanced options (match case, whole word, wrap around) available when searching execution data.
  • Ability to open request body data in a separate window for enhanced editing.
  • New action button in request item properties for quick access to execution actions.
  • Support for creating XML body from Swagger data.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.2 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • Ability to create new HttpMaster project by importing Swagger (Open API) data.
  • Minor UI improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.1 (Sep 5, 2017)

  • Significantly improved input field for specifying request body.
  • Menu options for pretty formatting XML or JSON request body.
  • Support for relative Windows paths when uploading or reading disk files.
  • Ability to extract multiple parameter values with regular expression from disk file.
  • Various minor improvements and fixes.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.9.0 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • HttpMaster is now dpi-aware application; user interface is automatically adapted for high DPI displays.
  • Revamped icons for better user experience and improved high DPI rendering.
  • Option to specify URL encoding behavior on each defined parameter/chaining.
  • Support for executing request items from the particular execution group in command line interface.
  • Various bug fixes and minor improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.8.1 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • Menu options to execute request items without storing execution data (pure execution).
  • Ability to select output content type (XML, JSON, etc.) when building request data for posting.
  • Change timeout value in basic request window.
  • Various UI and feature improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.8.0 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • Improved functionality for building request body for posting data.
  • Ability to specify initial value for parameters with manually provided value.
  • Option to stop execution if data for the chaining cannot be obtained or is empty.
  • Option to stop execution if validation of request item fails.
  • Duplicate selected execution group.
  • Ability to compact XML/JSON when exporting execution results.
  • Various fixes and minor improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.7.0 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Support for conditional execution of request items in the execution group.
  • New parameter type that prompts user for the value before the execution.
  • Support for code folding (outlining) and line numbers in pretty data viewers.
  • New pretty viewer for displaying CSS data.
  • Simplified action to open additional request items inside basic request window.
  • Open all items from selected execution group in basic request window.
  • Ability to specify description for every project request item.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.6.0 (Nov 21, 2016)

  • Introduction of new viewers for pretty data display powered by ScintillaNET.
  • New pretty viewer for display of HTML response data.
  • Export execution results to XML or JSON file (also supported with command line interface).
  • Ability to apply function to generated or obtained parameter value.
  • Specify multiple values for global URL or query string for easier switching between global values
  • Improved application options window with couple of new settings.
  • Advanced request item properties now available in Express Edition.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.5.1 (Oct 7, 2016)

  • Advanced configuration of request headers now also available in Express Edition.
  • Display group membership info for particular request item.
  • Buttons to quickly add default success/error status codes to the selected project validation.
  • Various fixes and minor improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.5.0 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • New validation type to check for number of string occurrences in a response body
  • Global chaining support; obtain chaining data only once and use it as a global value for all subsequent requests
  • New parameter type to obtain string value from a disk file
  • Simplified UI for project parameter management
  • Field actions' button now supports converting selected text with desired hash algorithm
  • Change font size and type for request and response data display
  • Change order of execution groups with drag and drop
  • Hide particular column in the main window and ability to reset main window column sizes
  • Menu option to select all items in the main window and execution window
  • Build request body from an existing HTML contents now available in Express Edition

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.4.0 (Jun 24, 2016)

  • Support for execution groups
  • Ability to specify and store authentication credentials in project properties
  • Manage Execution Credentials' menu option available in the main application window
  • Option 'Validate each value line separately' supported for all applicable text validation types
  • Option 'Validate each line as regular expression' available for all validation types that support separate lines
  • Full authentication support now available in Express edition
  • Manage execution order with drag & drop now available in Express Edition
  • Cookie improvements (correct handling of 'Cookie' header)

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.3.0 (Apr 7, 2016)

  • New validation type to validate response body with XPath or JSONPath expression.
  • New chaining type to extract value from the response body with XPath or JSONPath expression.
  • Ability to apply function to the obtained chaining value.
  • Support for any http method (verb).
  • Improved status code validation type with the ability to specify custom status code.
  • Option to upload selected file as Base64 string.
  • Improved welcome window.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.2.0 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • Wizard for user-friendly construction of commands for command line interface.
  • Support for validations in basic request window.
  • Ability to use encrypted passwords in command line interface.
  • Advanced project request settings now available in Express Edition.
  • Toolbar and keyboard support in 'Manage execution order' window.
  • Menu option to reload project file from disk.
  • Application setting to display warning message if project from the previous HttpMaster version is opened.
  • Column widths in main window are now preserved between application restarts.
  • Ability to uninstall license key.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.1.0 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • Display a list of request items that use particular parameter, validation, or chaining.
  • Menu option to display and reopen recently opened execution files (hmex files).
  • Ability to specify which received cookies should be sent with the next request.
  • Option to validate each row value separately for particular project validation.
  • Option to exclude particular request item when executing selected or all items.
  • Application setting to support international (non-ASCII) domain names.
  • Content type 'application/soap+xml' displayed with XML viewer by default.
  • Option to display and insert valid logical operators in validation expression.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 3.0.0 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Support for request chaining (use data from previous request with the next request).
  • Command line interface to automate HttpMaster project execution.
  • Save complete execution data to external file (hmex extension).
  • Open saved hmex files, including those created with command line interface.
  • Include/exclude request item for command line execution.
  • Support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 security protocols.
  • Menu option to apply changes to multiple project request items simultaneously.
  • Pause/resume execution of items now available in Express Edition.
  • Open only successful/failed item executions now available in Express Edition.
  • Toggle visibility of upper/lower pane in execution window now available in Express Edition.
  • How to' section available in HttpMaster help.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.7.1 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Support for context menu in execution window with the most common actions available.
  • Project option to skip certificate validation.
  • Ability to open project item as basic request now available in Express Edition (main window support only).
  • Various minor UI fixes and improvements.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.7.0 (May 4, 2015)

  • Support for upload type 'multipart form data'.
  • Ability to use dynamic parameters with request headers.
  • Option to switch to 'Text view' when entering validation expressions.
  • Ability to align execution order values with the current sort order.
  • Support for 'file' input type when building request body from HTML.
  • Available actions' buttons now supported in Express Edition.
  • Support for 'Text Viewer' when viewing response data.
  • Application setting to specify disk location for temporary execution data.
  • Ability to reset saved sizes and positions for all application windows.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.6.1 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • UI improvements and fixes regarding high-dpi displays.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.6.0 (Mar 7, 2015)

  • Introduction of LIFETIME license for Professional Edition.
  • Option to specify fixed execution order index for each request item.
  • Authentication support in basic request window.
  • Ability to manage authentication data in execution window separately from the project authentication data settings.
  • Create PDF report with execution data in basic request window.
  • Create PDF report with execution data for single execution in execution window.
  • Toggle visibility of execution list pane and execution data pane in execution window.
  • Toggle visibility of request data pane and execution data pane in basic request window.
  • Option to send data in segments added to basic request window.
  • Project setting to specify time delay for the first request in execution batch.
  • Application setting to specify default execution order type.
  • Option to select non-default response data viewer now available in Express Edition.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.5.0 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Basic request feature for quick execution of simple internet requests now included in Express Edition.
  • Ability to validate response body with regular expression.
  • Option to specify time delay between two consecutive requests.
  • Introduction of 'Welcome window' for quick access to the most common HttpMaster actions.
  • Ability to open multiple request items as basic request.
  • New validation type 'Response body is valid XML'.
  • New validation type 'Response body is valid JSON'.
  • Match case' option with 'Response header value' validation and 'Response URL value' validation.
  • Ability to close selected tab with double click.
  • Option to clear list of recent projects.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.4.0 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Significantly improved automatic building of request body from an existing HTML content - see 'Features' for more information.
  • Ability to export execution data to Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf).
  • Option to open particular request item as basic request.
  • Ability to simultaneously open execution data view of multiple executed items.
  • Improved drag and drop of request items in execution window.
  • Request data encoding information available in execution data view.
  • Correct handling of JPEG orientation metadata in response viewer.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.3.0 (Jun 9, 2014)

  • Ability to specify proxy data, including authentication.
  • New validation type to validate response URL value.
  • Option to specify http headers inside request item to override global project headers.
  • Support for http protocol version and request encoding in basic internet request.
  • Ability to open completed execution as basic request.
  • New look of http status code validation type and ability to reset http status codes to default.
  • Available actions' button next to the http header field in basic request window.
  • Application setting to automatically word wrap text in execution window.
  • Word wrap' menu option added to context menu available in execution window.
  • Double-click project file name in status bar to open its location in Windows Explorer.

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.2.0 (Mar 23, 2014)

  • News:
  • Support for uploading files
  • Select headers to include with request item
  • PATCH method supported
  • Obtain HTML data for request body from disk file
  • Validate response header value
  • Headers support in basic request
  • Upload files in basic request
  • Check for updates at startup
  • Various UI improvements

New in HttpMaster Professional Edition 2.1.0 (Nov 18, 2013)

  • Support for HTML 5 input types when automatically creating request body from existing HTML content.
  • Support for gif images in response viewer.
  • Ability to specify custom decimal symbol and custom digit grouping symbol with numeric dynamic parameters.
  • New validation type to validate response body size.
  • New validation type to validate request duration.
  • Associated actions' button for various input fields.
  • Ability to clear previous search phrases in execution result toolbar.
  • Last used parameter automatically selected when project is opened.
  • Last used validation automatically selected when project is opened.
  • Rename dynamic parameter' button.
  • Rename validation' button.
  • Rename request item' menu.
  • Copy URL to Clipboard' menu.