Thunder Client + Meridian

Prerequisites

• Thunder Client extension installed in VS Code
• Your Meridian API key from the dashboard
• An active license key to validate

Step 1 — Set the auth header

Open Thunder Client and create a new request. Add a header:

Authorization: Bearer mrd_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Step 2 — Validate a license

Send a POST request to the license validation endpoint:

POST https://api.getnimbus.net/v1/license/validate
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "license_key": "NIMBUS-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX",
  "hardware_id": "abc123def456"
}

Step 3 — Read the response

A successful validation returns a signed payload:

{
  "valid": true,
  "expires_at": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
  "tier": "professional",
  "signature": "ed25519_..."
}

Environment variables

Store your API key and base URL in Thunder Client's environment manager so you can reuse them across requests without hardcoding secrets.