buildin_endpoints_post_extensions_id

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[POST] /api/extensions/{id}

Activates an extension.

canActivate property must be set to (true) for an user or guest in the settings to access the endpoint.

Example

Request:

POST /api/extensions/mkloubert.vs-deploy

Possible response:

Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-encoding: gzip
X-Vscode-Restapi: 0.15.0
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:59:30 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
    "code": 0,
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "mkloubert.vs-deploy",
            "isActive": true,
            "localPath": "C:\\Users\\mkloubert\\.vscode\\extensions\\mkloubert.vs-deploy-5.22.2",
            "path": "/api/extensions/mkloubert.vs-deploy"
        }
    ]
}

Other responses:

Code	Description
403	User has no right to activate extensions.
404	No (matching) extension(s) found.