DAB Init (Data API Builder) installs statistics

Init Data API Builder

A Visual Studio Code extension that guides users through initializing Data API Builder in a folder.

Features

• Adds a right-click context menu for folders.
• Selects an existing MSSQL connection from .env or securely adds a new one.
• Runs one dab init process with development mode and local-development CORS enabled.
• Relies on DAB defaults for REST, GraphQL, MCP, request-body strictness, and unauthenticated access.
• Waits for the DAB CLI exit code before opening the generated configuration or reporting success.
• Creates or updates .env and .gitignore when a new connection is added.

Requirements

• Ensure that dab is installed: dotnet tool install microsoft.dataapibuilder -g.

Known Issues

• Assumes dab is available globally in your environment.
• Prompts may fail if folder paths contain unsupported characters.

Release Notes

1.2.7 - 2026-07-28

Changed

• Reduced initialization from eight DAB CLI commands to one dab init process.
• Removed redundant REST, GraphQL, MCP, authentication, strictness, mode, and cache configuration operations.
• Moved wildcard CORS configuration into dab init.
• Deferred caching until an entity explicitly opts in.
• Wait for the CLI exit code and report failures instead of using a fixed delay.
• Updated documentation and the sample configuration to match actual behavior.

1.2.5 - 2026-03-14

Changed

• Version bump for coordinated release

0.2.0 - 2026-01-13

• Added connection selection backed by .env.
• Added .gitignore protection when creating a new connection.
• Migrated common connection management to dab-vscode-shared.

0.1.0

• Initial release: Guided prompts for dab init and configuration updates.