Paw support for REST Level 3 (HATEOAS) Navigation? Following links

I am using Paw as a client for REST API Level 3 (HATEOS). In REST Level 3, links to related resources can be found as part of the returned response. Does Paw provide any specific REST Level 3 support, such as making it easier to track returned links?

What I really would like to have is to follow these links by pressing (Ctrl + click if necessary) on the value url in the response and it will throw a GET against that url. I would also like to see any HTTP headers carried over to the url so things like authorization are not interrupted.

(This may or may not want to be smart and only do so if it is the same domain / context-root as the original request, probably a level 3 REST link and not some kind of generic link).

See an example of what would be great to be clickable below:

Example Rest Level 3 (HATEOS) link to follow

Ideally it would also be great to revert to previous answers after the result is done. Many REST Level 3 links provide back or "rev" links to allow this, but not all links are bidirectional, so the browser-like backtracking is great.

My current workaround is:

  • Triple click on value
  • Ctrl + C
  • Go to the address bar
  • Command + A
  • Command + V
  • Ctrl + Enter

So it is possible today, but 6 actions, rather than one click action on the URL contained in the response, is tedious when repeated many times. Also to go back to the previous answer when there is no "rev" link it is disappointing.

Thank you very much in advance.

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