Postman : How to run some request multiple times and others single time using Postman or Newman

Question

I have three API requests in a postman collection. I want to run the first and third requests once and the second request multiple times using a data file.

When I pass the data file to the Postman runner it runs all the three requests multiple times based on entries in the data file.

Is there a way to tell Postman or Newman to use data files for certain request only and not all of them. Or if there is any workaround or a different approach.

Note:- I am refraining from using separate collections for the requests which I will run multiple times as it would become difficult to maintain multiple collections.

How about iterating the request in pre-requisite tabs of the request you want to run single time or something like that? — Dev, Sep 01 '20 at 17:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '20 at 09:47

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I think this can be achieved with postman.setNextRequest().

Checkout Building request workflows for the details.

answered Sep 01 '20 at 09:47

Christian Baumann

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I thought about it but implementing something like this will make the requests more complex. This is not what I am looking for. – Pankaj Devrani Sep 01 '20 at 11:11
I don't see any other possibility. – Christian Baumann Sep 01 '20 at 12:54

Postman : How to run some request multiple times and others single time using Postman or Newman

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