gRPC message example from .proto
Feature Request
Featured answer
Jump to comment·Yaak Bot
This is now available in 2026.8.0-beta.1!
It would be useful to have a Postman-style “Use Example Message” feature that generates a sample message populated with random values for all fields defined in the .proto schema
This helps when the message structure is unknown and you need a reference for how to populate it
An alternative way to view all available message fields would also be helpful
Mac2025.7.3
This is now available in 2026.8.0-beta.1!
Good timing, this is now implemented and will be in the next release. There’s a new action in the gRPC body editor that generates an example message with placeholder values from the method schema.
Generating a full example seems useful! For now, you can trigger the autocomplete with
Ctrl+Spaceto view all available fields.Oh, wow,
Ctrl+Spaceis really useful!Thanks, missed this feature
Small update
For some reason,
Ctrl+Spacedoesn’t always show the autocomplete dropdownI’m not sure how to reproduce the issue - it worked several times perfectly, but it’s not working right now
Seems some kind of related to autocomplete issue I mentioned here
Maybe dumb question, but how to trigger it on Mac OS? Because for me
Ctrl+Spacechanges the language (expected OS function).I always disable that hotkey on macOS 😆
It'll also just come up when you start typing.
Editing hotkeys is out in the latest beta but the autocomplete one isn't part of it. I'll add that!
Will be in the next beta release:
https://github.com/mountain-loop/yaak/pull/350
Hi Greg, just for a reference in case someone want to hack this, any reference which file to start looking into this?
Hi Gregory, this has been in the backlog for quite some time.
Wondering if this feature request is planned in the near future or someone can take a crack at it?