How to use and debug Pre request scripts

[huehnerlady]

Hi,

I currently try to use the Pre Request Editor. So far I have the following:

altair.helpers.setEnvironment('foo', 'bar');

But when I then look into the environment section I cannot see any variable 'foo' anymore.

If with 'environment' it is meant the environment before you send it, how can I debug and have a look if that works? Is there any console I can activate?

Edit: I am using the mac osx rich client version with version 3.2.2

[imolorhe]

You can use all regular JavaScript APIs within the scripts. So you can do alert(altair.helpers.getEnvironment('foo')) or console.log(altair.helpers.getEnvironment('foo')) to check the values.

[huehnerlady]

@imolorhe thank you so much for your answer. the 'alert' way worked, the console.log I could not see anywhere. Is there a trick to enable the console so I can see that?

I forgot to say - I am using the altair rich client

[imolorhe]

You mean the desktop apps? You can open the dev tools console in all the environments, even the desktop apps. If you're using a mac, the shortcut for that is Cmd+option+I

[huehnerlady]

ah super cool, I did not know that. Many thanks, that helped a lot :)