Questions tagged [postman]

Postman is a client for sending and emulating requests over HTTP. It is most commonly used with API requests. Use for questions about the tool itself. Use with any relevant API tags if you are having issues with a specific use.

Started out as a simple testing tool, Postman is now an elegant, flexible tool used to build connected software via APIs - quickly, easily, and accurately. It is used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

Postman enables you to:

  • Create Collections of requests
  • Organize your work within different Workspaces
  • Split-stack development with Mock Servers
  • Use Tests & Scripts to add dynamic parameters
  • Automate tests with Collection Runner
  • Test performance & behavior with Monitors
  • Document & Publish Collections for collaboration
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Why is it that "No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI" here?

I have code in my controller like so: [Route("api/deliveryitems/InsertIntoPPTData/{stringifiedRecord}")] ...and I'm calling it via Postman like so: …
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How to convert cURL to postman?

Postman has built-in function to convert postman to cURL code, but if I want to convert cURL code to postman, How can I do this efficiently? For example, cURL code as following; curl -v -X POST…
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Export all collections in postman

I have postman with multiple collections I can export one by one, but I don't find any option to export all as is, also when moving to team mode Is there option to export all my collections to another user ?
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Postman can't reach localhost

I am in a corporate env so I have to use a proxy to reach servers. This works well in postman and in browsers. What I can't reach is localhost in postman but I can reach localhost in the browser. I am running Postman for Linux Version 6.0.9. I have…
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How to add a pause between 2 requests in POSTMAN

I have a collection of requests in POSTMAN. I wanted to add a pause between 2 requests but I couldn't find a way to do so from reading their docs. Any idea? UPDATE I only wanted to put a pause after one request instead of after every request in the…
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Exporting Test Collections in Postman Jetpack

I have a collection of tests in Postman. I'd like to backup this collection. Is there a way to export the collection as a JSON or text file?
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How to place comments in Postman?

How to place comments inside Postman? Specifically in the JSON request body section? I want to comment-out a particular key or value from the request body so that it is not sent. Commenting out a JSON key/value pair with // or /* ... */ appears as a…
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Postman error: "Unable to verify the first certificate" when try to get from my .net core API

I have my brand new .NET Core service with API and I want to get list of items inside it. It's hosted on localhost and I always have this error: 16 ms Warning: Unable to verify the first certificate Network Request Headers User-Agent:…
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How do I POST XML data to a webservice with Postman?

I want POST an XML request to a webservice using Postman. However, when I check the available request formats, I only see options for form-data, x-www-form-urlencoded, raw, and binary. How do I POST an XML request to a webservice with Postman?
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How to make calls to Twitter API using Postman client

I have followed the steps required to create a new application and getting consumer key, secret pairs and also the token access details. Now I would like to make calls to Twitter Rest API, using chrome Postman client. How should I pass the customer…
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View postman request when redirects

I am using Postman to submit request. Server responds with HTTP/1.0 302 Found Location: https://services.****.com/*/***/ed36317f-8d77-4d62-9926-f9700bee9b6c Server: **** Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Length: 0 Postman follows this redirect. I…
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How do I send spring csrf token from Postman rest client?

I have csrf protection in spring framework. So in each request I send csrf token in header from ajax call, which is perfectly working. var…
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How to use Postman Interceptor

Ever since I upgraded to Postman 0.9.6 I can't replicate user sessions because chrome doesn't allow postman to get user cookies. However, they have decided to "work around" this issue by created another plugin called Postman Interceptor that routes…
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Sending Push via Postman using Firebase Messaging

I'm trying to use Postman to send a single Push Notification using Firebase Cloud Messaging service. This is a working cURL command for the same purposal, on which I'm using as a reference. curl -X POST --header "Authorization: key="…
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Postman - How to pass a global variable into JSON body

I'm working with Postman right now and I have to do a lot of requests, and in the body I'm passing a JSON content. I would like to know if is there a way to pass the value of a global variable into JSON body. Thank you.
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