[Postman] The dev console
Daphné Hervé
Posted on March 23, 2024
From advanced to expert
For developers and testers.
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Some great tutorials to get all Postman tips :
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 :
In the left corner on the bottom.
And the test tab in the request part, just here :
Create a get request to the free pokemon api without any parameters just this call :
https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon
Should be like that :
Press the send button for submitting our request !
Alright, so far everything ok !
Let's take a deeper look to our main subject by clicking the console button on the bottom
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))
Should seems like that :
Click on the send button to see the result in the console !
Awww wow ! We have it ! A wonderful pokemon list !
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.
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)
Posted on March 23, 2024
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