settings.json not parsing / evaluating dotenv values

[asos-gurpreetsingh]

• REST Client Version: latest
• VSCode Version: latest
• OS Version: windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. create settings json file with an environment section
2. create env file with a value in it eg SECRET=this is a secret
3. create a key in your settings json environment e.g. "someSecretFromEnv":"{{$dotenv SECRET}}"
4. refer your "someSecretFromEnv variable in your request file

this only bring out un parsed value i.e. {{someSecretFromEnv}} becomes {{$dotenv SECRET}} but it should be evaluated to "this is a secret"

[Stetzon]

It looks like from the docs https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient#system-variables, scrolling down to the section under processEnv:

in your settings.json file, you only reference the env variable name, ie "someSecretFromEnv":"SECRET" then in your request file, you can use either {{$dotenv SECRET}} or {{$dotenv %someSecretFromEnv}}

[chrisvfritz]

Referencing dotenv variables from settings.json would be very useful for setting default headers. Or is there another recommended way of setting default headers without having secrets directly in settings.json?