Allow scripts to call requests before similar to setNextRequest()

[Kazuto]

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Describe the feature you want to add

API are often secured with authentication that will expire after a certain time. Especially during development having to reauthenticate locally is an annoyance and clients like Postman or Insomnia solved this by allowing the user to run requests before the current request.

And yes, I know that I could just do a fetch in the collection's pre-request script but having an documented auth endpoint is the proper way to handle authentication than a script hidden in the collection.

End of 2023 setNextRequest() with #619 was implemented and I can't understand why something like bru.setPrevRequest() or a simple bru.call() has not been implemented as sending requests before the actual request is a basic feature other clients have.

If I can set a request to run after the current request I should also be able to run a request before the current request.

Mockups or Images of the feature

No mockups needed.

Just like setPrevRequest() but for executing requests before the main request.

[anusree-bruno]

Hi @Kazuto

To run a request already created in the collection, you can use the runRequest API in the pre-request script to call the auth API.

The runRequest API had an issue, which we have fixed in our current nightly build. This update will be released by next week.

Reference: Documentation

[Kazuto]

Hi @Kazuto

To run a request already created in the collection, you can use the runRequest API in the pre-request script to call the auth API.

The runRequest API had an issue, which we have fixed in our current nightly build. This update will be released by next week.

Reference: Documentation

Hi @anusree-bruno

Thanks for the reply. The function was not shown to me in the autocompletion but I'll give it a try :)

[anusree-bruno]

Hi @Kazuto

Thanks for pointing that out, we’ll get it fixed..

[Kazuto]

It works as intended. Thanks for the help :)