[Postman] The dev console

daphne_herve

Daphné Hervé

Posted on March 23, 2024

[Postman] The dev console
From advanced to expert 
For developers and testers.  
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Some great tutorials to get all Postman tips :
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Number 1 : we begin the tutorials with the dev console.
The console is very useful when you are coding your front or for testing purpose.

Breaking news - we will write some javascript inside !

For this tutorial we will need the dev console itself just here :

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In the left corner on the bottom.

And the test tab in the request part, just here :

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Create a get request to the free pokemon api without any parameters just this call :

https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon
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Should be like that :

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Press the send button for submitting our request !
Alright, so far everything ok !

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Let's take a deeper look to our main subject by clicking the console button on the bottom

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All the call informations are properly retrieved.
And so what ?

Wait a minute, I mentioned some javascript, let's go !
Go to the test tab and write some js :

let pokemons = pm.response.json().results
pokemons.forEach(pokemon => console.log(pokemon.name))
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Should seems like that :

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Click on the send button to see the result in the console !
Awww wow ! We have it ! A wonderful pokemon list !

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We achieve our first goal : Use the postman console for debugging or testing.

Additional tips : you can clear the console on the right corner on bottom of postman.

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Next steps :

  • Learning to use variables to do something with the pokemon list or any data you get.
  • Manage your environnement and keep your infos secret
  • Go further in the javascript methods
  • Learn to use the mock server
  • Go deeper with the automation ... and several very useful things !

Hope it helps !
Daphné Hervé (API, monitoring and QA automation lover)

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Daphné Hervé

Posted on March 23, 2024

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