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Description

In a pre-request script, req.getHost() returns an empty string when the host comes from a variable. For example, with HOST=https://example.com and URL {{HOST}}/test, it logs ''. req.getPath() and req.getQueryString() have the same problem.

Problem

Closes #9233

Pre-request scripts run before the request is interpolated. The Electron runPreRequest path and the CLI runner both call interpolateVars after the script. The URL helpers in BrunoRequest call new URL(this.req.url) on the raw template:

  • new URL('{{HOST}}/test') throws, and the helper's catch returns ''.
  • new URL('https://{{HOST}}/test') parses, but the WHATWG parser lowercases the host to {{host}}. This is the scenario in req.getHost() lower cases variables in hostname #9234, which has the same root cause.

In post-response scripts and tests the URL is already interpolated, so the helpers work there. The existing getHost.bru sanity test ({{host}}/ping) only passes because it runs in the tests block.

Fix

  • BrunoRequest takes an optional { interpolate } option. getHost(), getPath() and getQueryString() now parse the interpolated URL instead of the raw one. Resolution happens at call time, so a variable set earlier in the same script with bru.setVar() is picked up, the same way the network layer will resolve it.
  • ScriptRuntime.runRequestScript passes bru.interpolate. This is the same pattern CookieList already uses to resolve the request URL. The post-response, test, assert and vars runtimes don't pass it, because their URL is already resolved.
  • req.url and req.getUrl() are unchanged and still return the raw template, and the request object is not mutated.
  • Safe mode (QuickJS) is covered too, since its shim calls the host-side req.getHost().

This also fixes the lowercased {{host}} case reported in #9234, because the placeholder never reaches new URL. I've left that issue open for you to confirm.

One case this PR does not cover: a variable holding a host without a scheme (HOST=example.com) still makes getHost() return ''. The network layer prepends http:// only at send time. Changing that here would also change how literal scheme-less URLs are parsed, so I kept it out of scope.

Testing

  • New packages/bruno-js/tests/bruno-request-url-helpers.spec.js. It covers a scheme inside the variable, a scheme outside the variable (req.getHost() lower cases variables in hostname #9234), host plus port variables, path params and a query string, call-time resolution, the raw URL staying untouched, and the unresolvable fallback.
  • packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js: runRequestScript with {{HOST}}/test?page=1 in both nodevm and quickjs, plus a case where the script sets HOST before calling getHost().
  • With the src changes reverted, 9 of these tests fail (Received: "" / Received: "{{host}}"). With the fix, all pass.
cd packages/bruno-js && node --experimental-vm-modules ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js tests/bruno-request-url-helpers.spec.js tests/runtime.spec.js
npm test --workspace=packages/bruno-js        # 34 suites, 815 tests passing
npx eslint packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js packages/bruno-js/tests/bruno-request-url-helpers.spec.js packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js

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  • Bug Fixes

    • URL helper methods in pre-request scripts now resolve environment and script-defined variables before extracting the host, path, or query string.
    • Request URLs remain unchanged while their parsed components reflect the latest variable values.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for URL parsing with variables, multiple runtimes, dynamic updates, and invalid URLs.

Pre-request scripts run before the request is interpolated, so getHost(),
getPath() and getQueryString() parsed the raw URL template. `{{HOST}}/test`
is not a valid URL, so they returned an empty string, and `https://{{HOST}}/test`
came back with the placeholder lowercased to `{{host}}`.

BrunoRequest now accepts an optional interpolate function, and the pre-request
script runtime passes bru.interpolate. The helpers resolve the URL at call time.
req.url and req.getUrl() still return the raw template.
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BrunoRequest now accepts an optional interpolator. Its URL helpers parse the interpolated URL while preserving the raw request URL. Pre-request scripts provide bru.interpolate, with tests covering NodeVM and QuickJS.

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URL helper interpolation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Request URL resolution
packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js, packages/bruno-js/tests/bruno-request-url-helpers.spec.js
BrunoRequest accepts an interpolator. getHost, getPath, and getQueryString parse the resolved URL. Tests cover variables, updates, raw URL preservation, and invalid URLs.
Pre-request runtime wiring
packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js, packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js
runRequestScript passes bru.interpolate to BrunoRequest. Tests cover environment variables and variables set during scripts in NodeVM and QuickJS.

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  PreRequestScript->>BrunoRequest: call URL helper
  BrunoRequest->>Interpolator: interpolate request.url
  Interpolator-->>BrunoRequest: return resolved URL
  BrunoRequest-->>PreRequestScript: return parsed URL component
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It is being worked on #9164, we do not have an interpolation option there, to those whole need it will still need to use bru.interpolate! Let us know your thoughts @brbousnguar

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Terminate the changed JavaScript statements with semicolons.

  • packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js#L19-L19: Add semicolons to the changed assignment, URL parser declarations, and helper return statement.
  • packages/bruno-js/tests/bruno-request-url-helpers.spec.js#L1-L13: Add semicolons throughout the new test file.
  • packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js#L58-L58: Terminate the BrunoRequest construction statement.
  • packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js#L199-L238: Terminate the new declarations and assertions.

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- Line 19: Terminate the changed JavaScript statements with semicolons: update
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Thanks for flagging it — #9164 looks like the better fix: it resolves the URL with its own interpolate() (matching bru.interpolate's scopes/precedence) and also interpolates path-param values, which mine doesn't touch (I called that out as an open gap in my PR description). No reason to carry two competing fixes for the same issues. Happy to close this one in favor of #9164 — let me know if you'd rather I do that, or if there's anything here worth cherry-picking first (e.g. the getPath()/getQueryString() test coverage).

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