Test request collections using Postman

Level: intermediate

Adding a collection of requests

There are two ways of adding a collection of requests in Postman:

• Click New → Collection in the Building blocks of the Create new tab.

  

• In the dropdown menu of the New button, click Collection.

  

• On the Collections tab, click + New Collection.

  

Populate the fields in the new collection window:

Fields of the new request collection window

Field name	Description
Name	The name of the collection.
Description	The description of the collection.

New collection window

Click Create.

Adding requests to the collection

There are two ways of adding a request to a collection in Postman:

• Drag and drop an existing request to the collection.

• Right-click the name of an earlier created collection, then click Add Request.

  

Setting up variables for the request collection

Collections enable setting up common variables and parameters for all requests that it contains. To set the collection variables:

1. Right-click an earlier created collection.

2. Click Edit, then go to the Variables tab.

   

3. Create the following variables for the collection:

   Collection variables

   Variable name	Description
   BaseURI	Creatio application URL.
   UserName	Creatio application user name.
   UserPassword	Creatio application user password.
   BPMCSRF	CSRF protection token.
   CollectionName	Object collection (database table) name.

Variable values in the Initial value and Current value must be duplicated.

Executing the collection of requests

To execute a collection of requests:

1. Click next to the collection name.

2. Click Run.

   

3. In the Run order block, select requests to run and set their order (1).

   

4. Select the Save responses checkbox (2).

5. Click Run (3).

Getting data of the request structure elements and the response:

• Click the request name.

  

• Click View → Show Postman Console or press Alt+Ctrl+C on the keyboard.

  

  Select the needed item.