How To Speed Up Your API Tests Using The Advanced Features Of Postman?

The Postman is a popular tool for API development and Testing and It offers a range of features that can help you speed up your API tests, making your development process more efficient. In this article, we explain about advanced features of the Postman tool with related examples for your understanding purpose.

Advanced Features of Postman

Here we explain about advanced features of Postman, which will help you to speed up your API testing.

1. Collections

The Collections in Postman allow us to group our API requests and organize them into folders. This helps us to manage and run multiple requests as a single unit.

• Open Your Postman Tool
• Click on the New Button and select Collection
• Add requests to the collection by clicking the Save button on the individual requests and selecting the collection.

2. Collection Runner

The Collection runner in Postman allows us to run collection of requests in sequence, automate tests and generate reports.

• Click on the Runner button in top left corner
• Select the collection you want to run
• Configure the run settings and click start test.

3. Mock Servers

The Mock Sever allow us to simulate endpoints and responses and enabling you to develop and test APIs even when the backend is not ready.

• Click on the New button
• Select Mock Server
• Configure the Mock server and define responses

4. Monitors

The Monitors in Postman allow us to schedule and automates tests ensuring our APIs are always working as expected.

• Go to the Monitors tab
• Click on Create a Monitor
• Set up the monitor by selecting the collection and defining the schedule

5. Environment Variables

The Environment Variables in Postman enable us to customize requests based on different environments such as development testing and production.

• Go to Environment tab
• Click on add to create a new environment
• Define variables for the environment and use them in requests using {{variable_name}}

6. Pre-request Scripts and Tests

The Pre-Request scripts and tests allow us to add JavaScript code that runs before a request is sent or after a response is received.

• Go to the Pre-request Scripts tab in our requests
• Write JavaScript code to perform the necessary actions.

7. Newman CLI

The Newman is the command line companion to postman. It allows you to run collections from the command line and integrate with CI?CD pipelines.

• Install Newman using npm install -g newman
• Run a collection using newman run collection.json