A (subjectively) better way to chain requests in insomnia/inso CLI

• Use NPM:

$ # inside insomnia plugins folder
$ npm install insomnia-plugin-variables

• Or using the plugin configuration screen inside insomnia:

• When testing, it's possible to define variables programmatically:

await global.setVar('my-var', 'value');
const response1 = await insomnia.send();
await global.setVar('my-var2', 'other value');

• Then just use the tag for putting the value on a header or on the body:

• Values can be persisted, to enable it, open the plugin configuration from the document menu:

• And then enable it: