Postman cheat sheet

Variables, scripts, collection runs and Newman in CI.

Variables

Use variable

{{baseUrl}}/users/{{userId}}

Set from response

pm.environment.set("userId", pm.response.json().id);

Scope order

local > data > environment > collection > global

Status

pm.test("ok", () => pm.response.to.have.status(200));

Body field

pm.expect(pm.response.json().email).to.eql("qa@test.io");

Schema

pm.response.to.have.jsonSchema(schema);

Run collection

newman run api.json -e qa.json -r cli,html

Fail the build

Newman exits non-zero on failure

newman ... || exit 1

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