Request body in JSON file not working with relative or absolute path

[devklick]

• REST Client Version:v0.25.1
• VSCode Version: 1.87.0
• OS Version: Linux Mint 21.1

When I specify a path to a JSON file to use as the request body and send the request, nothing happens. I see no response indicating an error, I see nothing produces in the REST client output logs - it just seems like nothing happens.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a .json file with JSON content to use as the request body, e.g. ./test-data.json, example contents:

{
    "name": "example-name"
}

2. Add a call to an endpoint and pass in this file as the request body, e.g.

POST localhost:1234/test/endpoint
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

< ./test-data.json

3. Call endpoint

I have tried using both absolute path and relative path to the rile and experience the same problem in each case.

I notice that the (docs)[https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient?tab=readme-ov-file#request-body] example only uses an XML file, and doesnt specify that only XML is supported, or that multiple file types are supported, so I expect that a JSON file should work. But maybe this is not the case?

[devklick]

It looks like the request actually is being sent, as when making the request when against an invalid target API I get a toaster error pop up:

The connection was rejected. Either the requested service isn’t running on the requested server/port, the proxy settings in vscode are misconfigured, or a firewall is blocking requests. Details: RequestError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5264.

However when the target API is available and I make the request, I dont see any REST client logs and I dont get a response panel open up.