PostMan Notes – Important guide for Interviews

1) What is an application programming interface (API)?

● API stands for Application Programming Interface, and it is a set of routines,

protocols, and tools for creating software applications. APIs define how one piece

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of software should communicate with another.
● API serves as a connection point between two software applications, allowing

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them to communicate. A programming interface (API) is a set of software
capabilities that another application can use.

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● It can be considered as the waiter which acts as the middleman between your
requests and the chef. Similarly API refers as the middleman between a client
and a server.

2) What are some tools used for API Testing?

A:- There are many API testing tools. The following six are the top most
according to the users/downloads. These are not the rankings though.

● Postman
● SoapUI
● Katalon Studio
● Tricentis Tosca
● Apigee
● Jmeter

3) What is Postman?
● Postman is an API platform for developers to design, build, test and iterate their
APIs.
● We can say Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs.
● Postman is an API (application programming interface) development tool which helps
to build, test and modify APIs. Almost any functionality that could be needed by any
developer is encapsulated in this tool.
● It is used by over 5 million developers every month to make their API development
easy and simple.
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4) What is a collection in Postman?

A :- A collection in Postman helps to group similar requests. It helps in systematically
arranging the requests into folders.

Consider Below example - Restful Booker is a collection where we have full CRUD
requests present.

5) Why do we use Postman?

A :- We use Postman for the below reasons:

● It is free: Postman is free software that we can use for API testing. It is free to
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download and use for teams of any size.

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● It is easy to use: Postman is an easy-to-use software tool. We can send HTTP

requests of various types (such as GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, etc.). We have to
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download it, and we can send our first request in minutes. It also gives us the
ability to save environments for future use.

● Community & Support: It has a huge community forum for customer support
and extensive documentation.

● It is extensible: Postman facilitates us customizing it according to our needs

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● APIs Support: It facilitates us to make any API call (REST, SOAP, or plain
HTTP) and easily inspect even the largest responses. It also helps manage
the end-to-end lifecycle of the API - starting from design to mocking to testing
and finally maintaining the APIs.

● Runtime Services: Postman provides Runtime Services that help us manage

API collections, environments, work-spaces, and different examples.

● Integration: Postman facilitates us to easily integrate test suites into our

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(command-line collection runner).

6) How will you log variable values in Postman?

A :- We can log the variable values in Postman in the console by using the command:
console.log(pm.variables.get("variable_name"));

7) How do you access postman variables?

A :- It can be accessed by using the variable name as:{{variable_name}}

8) What are the various authorization methods provided by Postman?

A:- Postman provides the below API request Authorization Options: API Key Bearer Token,
Basic auth, Digest auth, Oauth 1.0, Oauth 2.0, Hawk Authentication, AWS Signature,
NTLM Authentication
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9) What are the different types of API requests supported in Postman?

A :- Postman supports the following type of requests:
● GET
● POST
● PUT
● PATCH
● DELETE
● COPY
● HEAD
● OPTIONS
● LINK
● UNLINK
● PURGE
● LOCK
● UNLOCK
● PROPFIND
● VIEW
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10) How are Query Params different from Path Variables?

A:- Path Variables are used for identifying specific resources and Query Parameters are
used for sorting or filtering the resources.

11) What is Basic Auth in Postman?

A:- Basic Auth in Postman is a type of authorization technique provided in Postman for
HTTP user agents like web browsers. It provides fields to enter username and password
which when entered gets associated with the request.

12) What encoding is accepted by Postman in authorization credentials?

A:- Postman accepts authorization credentials in Base64 encoding format only. It is
provided in Postman by default. If we do not want to use an inbuilt encoding system, we can
refer to third-party websites for converting the credentials in base64 format.

13) Can we have the same names for global variables in postman?
A:- The scope of global variables is limited to the workspace and is global. Due to this,
variables having global scope cannot have the same names. We can have the same names
for local variables but they need to be part of different variables.

14) What do you know about postman monitor?

A:- Monitoring is a method of staying in sync with the health and performance of the APIs.
Postman provides inbuilt monitoring services that help us be in sync with the API
development and performance. The monitors provided by Postman are mainly based on the
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working of collection runners. They run every request in the collection and analyze the
values mentioned in the test scripts. Monitors use the test scripts for validating and
monitoring the responses. The reports generated are shared with the developers over emails
or alerts in slack, hipchat, etc based on our configuration settings.

15) What is a binary form in POST methods?

:- The binary form is designed to help send data in a format that is not possible to be
entered manually. These options are used while sending large files like images, CSV files,
etc in the POST request. Binary representation is the easiest representation for sending
complex data with the request.

16) What are the limitations of Postman?

A:-
● Postman is not suitable for processing 1000+ API requests.
● If the project is very large, managing the collections and requests becomes
cumbersome.
● It is not suitable if we want to manage the workspace in the form of code as there
would be a lot of code duplication for dynamic API requests.

17) How can you save the responses of API to a file in Postman?
A:- We can do this in two ways:
● :- Click on the Download button in the response section.
● :- Click on the arrow beside the send button - There will be an option to send and
download. Clicking on it will prompt Postman to ask the location of saving the
response post successful execution of the request.
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18) What are the two types of scripts in Postman

● Tests script
● Pre-request script

19) What is the significance of 301 status code?

A:- 301 status code represents permanent redirect from one website page to another. It tells
the search engine that the old page is outdated and the engine has to index the new page
URL.

20) What is the History tab in Postman?

A:- All the requests you send in Postman appear under the History tab of the sidebar. It is
very much similar to browser history, which you can clear whenever you want.

21) How do you access the history of requests in Postman?

A:- The request history can be accessed in the History tab provided on the Postman
application. If we sign into the Postman account, then the history will be synced across the
devices where you are logged in. When you click on any of the requests present in the
History tab, the view opens the request that we have saved while we were working on it
earlier. History also consists of the collection runs that were executed as summarized
versions.

22) What is an HTTP request?

A:- An HTTP request is a program that the client makes to a name host located on a server.
It works as a communication interface or a request-response protocol between a client and
server. The primary use of the HTTP request is to access a resource on the server. To
initiate the HTTP request, the client uses components of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
that also includes the information needed to access the resource.

23) State The Core Components of an HTTP Response?

A:-In Postman, every HTTP response contains four key elements.
● Response/Status Code- There are response code issues by a server for
client’s request, as 404 means Page Not Found.
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● HTTP Version- HTTP version name. For example, HTTP v2.2

● Response Header- It included information for the HTTP response message.
For example, The content length, date, status, server type, etc.
● Response Body – It contains the data which a client requested from the
server.

24) Does Postman provide a feature to log request and response?

A:- Postman does allow viewing of requests and response parameters in the software
application itself. But it is important to see how the request was sent upon applying the
pre-request scripts. In such cases, Postman has an additional tool called “Postman Console”
which is used for viewing every request and response detail. We can also log the details in
the console by using console.log statements in the scripts.

25) What is Basic Auth in Postman?

A:- In Postman, Basic Auth is an authorization method provided for HTTP user agents like
web browsers to enter username and password. After entering the username and password
that you can associate with the request.

26) What is a binary form in POST methods?

A:- Post binary firm is designed to send the information in a format that is impossible to enter
manually. These options are used while sending large files like CSV files, etc.

27) What is the main difference between Authorization and authentication?

A:- Here are a few differences between authorization and Authentication:
● Authorization is the act of allowing or permitting someone, whereas
authentication is proving that something is genuine.
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● Authorization always comes first, while authentication comes after

authorization.
● Authorization is open to anyone with permission, whereas authentication
requires you to have a password.

28) What is the Payload in Postman?

A:- The Payload of an API Module is the body of your request and response message. When
making an API request, it contains the data you send to the server. You can send and
receive Payload in various formats, for example, JSON or XML.

29) What is a Pre-Request script?

A:- Pre-request scripts help you to execute JavaScript before a request runs. It allows you to
accomplish pre-processing tasks like setting variable values, parameters, headers, and body
data.

30) What is the meaning of the term environment in Postman?

A:- The environment in Postman is a set of key-value pairs. Postman allows you to build
multiple environments and switch among them with a click of a button.

31) Is it possible to import local variables in Postman Monitors?

A:- Postman monitors allow you to import local variables but not global variables.

32) Can you have two global scope variables with the same name in Postman?
A:- No, the global scope never has duplicate/same names, while variables having local
scope can have the same name in various environments.

33) How do you remove local variables?

A:- Local variables are automatically removed once the tests have been executed.

34) What is ‘Postman Collection runners?

A:- Postman contains a collection runner that is useful for automating API testing. It helps
visualize details of each iteration and test results. A postman collection runner is also used
for Data-driven testing.

35) Why is saving your work in the Postman cloud is not advisable?
A:- You should not save your work in Postman as your business details do not remain
confidential. Moreover, saving your on-Postman cloud may cause a security breach as it
requires sign-in. Therefore, saving your work in the Postman cloud is not advisable.

36) What are the standard rules of an API test design?

A:- Here are the key principles of an API test design:
● Setup: Create objects, start services, and initialize data.
● Execution: Apply API or the scenario, including logging
● Verification: It is use for evaluating the result of the execution
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● Reporting: Indicates Pass, failed, or blocked status

● Clean up: Pre-test state

37) Which programming language is used for Postman tests?

A:- JavaScript is used for Postman tests.

38) What are some of the JS libraries available in Postman?

A:- Some JS libraries available in Postman are
1) Lodash
2) Moment
3) GUID

39) What is GUID?

A:- GUID is short for Global Unique Identifier. It is hexadecimal digits that are separated by
hyphens. This Postman identifier GUID solves the purpose of uniqueness.

40) What is the importance of setNextRequest in Postman?

A:- setNextRequest helps you to define the workflow. It is needed to change the order of the
requests being executed.

41) What test code allows you to check whether the response status is 200 or
not?
A:- Following is a test code to check whether the response status is 200 or not: tests[“Status
Code is 200”] = responseCode.code === 200;

42) Describe any four response things you receive from a response (Correct or
Incorrect)
A:- Status Code
● Response Status
● Response time
● Response Size
● Response Headers
● Response Cookies
● Response Date and Time
● Response Session limit
● Response Cookies
● Response Server
● Response type
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43) How can you iterate a request 100 times in Postman?

A:- You can iterate a request 100 times in Postman by using Collection Runner.

44) Can you read the Postman Chrome application to read and write cookies?
A:- No, it is impossible to read and write cookies using the app.

45) Postman is available as a native desktop app for?

A :- Postman API testing tool is currently available for Mac, Windows (32-bit / 64-bit), and
Linux (32-bit / 64-bit).

46) What is status code 201?

A:- Status code 201 is created only when a resource is successfully created using a
PUT or POST request. It returns a link to a newly created one with the help of the
location header.
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47) What are the different types by which we can see the response body in
Postman? Explain.
In Postman, a response body can be seen by three different types.

● Pretty
● Raw
● Preview

Although all the three have their own importance and value in Postman, the most
commonly used is Pretty as it shows the response code in different format and colors
which is easy to read and analyze the response. It is just like any good text editor
used for coding

48) What is the "Bulk Edit" feature of Postman used for?

A:- Bulk Edit feature of Postman is used for the convenience of adding parameters
to a new request from the previous request. Since a request can have many
parameters and it is very difficult to copy and paste one by one, the bulk edit feature
helps us copy all the keys and their respective values at once and paste them.

49) Why do we group requests under collections when collection is already a

grouping of requests?
A:- A collection may have hundreds of requests under it. We need to sub categorize
the requests according to a more specific category so that it is easier for us to find
them, edit them or modify them. For this we use folders in collections. A collection
may have many folders inside it and a folder may have many requests. This way we
can generalise the types of requests to a deeper level than the collections which are
already generalised. For easiness, a collection can be considered a folder "Movies"
in your system which has all the movies. A folder can be considered as different
folders inside "Movies" like Hollywood, Bollywood etc which have respective types of
movies.
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50) Which method should you prefer? Javascript or Functional to write the
tests?
A:- It is advised and recommended to use the functional method while writing tests in
Postman. Although there has been no notice of ending the support for JS method.

51) What is the need to Monitor the collections in Postman?

A:- It is very important that your API’s responses and performance remain up to the
mark throughout the day. Monitors can help you schedule a collection of test runs to
monitor the performance and response of your APIs even if you are not available or
not handling them.

52) Can we run monitors in Postman without Signing in?

A:- No, monitors cannot be run without signing in because monitors run your
collection even if your system is shut down. So, you need a place to store the
collection and let it run automatically. You also need a place to store the reports so
that you can look at them when you are free. This all needs to be saved into your
postman account and hence you need to sign in

53) What is the Chai Assertion Library?

Chai assertion library is an assertion library which is installed beforehand to use in

Postman. This is used to write assertions in Postman which are very beneficial. Chai
assertion helps us write many lines of test code in a few lines which is both
understandable and readable. Chai uses the BDD approach which means that the
chai library has codes that are more user friendly.

A simple code written in the chai library which tests if number 3 is already in the
array or not.

pm.test(“Number included”, function(){ pm.expect([1,2,3]).to.include(3); });

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Advance Postman QnA

1) What is digest auth in Postman?
A:- Digest Authorization is one of the authorization techniques provided by Postman. In this
technique, the client first sends the request to the API and get responses from the server
including a number which is usable only once, a realm value and 401 unauthorized
response. We will be then sent back an encrypted data array having both username and
password along with the data received from the server earlier. The server uses this data to
generate an encrypted data string and compares this with what was sent for authenticating
the request. We can do this by selecting the Authorization tab, then selecting “Digest Auth”
from the drop-down list. The Postman window presents the fields for both stages of the
authentication request. The fields required for the second stage of the request are auto-filled
based on the data received from the server.

More details as below

Setting the fields in the Advanced section is optional. Postman will
populate them automatically when your first request runs.

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1. Realm - A string specified by the server in the WWW-Authenticate response
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response header.
3. Algorithm - A string that indicates a pair of algorithms used to produce the
digest and a checksum. Postman supports MD5 and SHA algorithms.
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4. qop - The quality of protection applied to the message. The value must be
one of the options specified by the server in the WWW-Authenticate
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5. Nonce Count - The hexadecimal count of the number of requests (including
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the current request) that the client has sent with the nonce value in this
request.
6. Client Nonce - An opaque quoted string value provided by the client, used by
both client and server to avoid chosen plaintext attacks, to provide mutual
authentication, and to provide some message integrity protection.
7. Opaque - A string of data specified by the server in the WWW-Authenticate
response header, which will be used unchanged with URIs in the same
protection space.
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2) In a Collection Run, what will execute first?

A:- In a Collection run, pre-request scripts at the Collection level are executed first.
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A:- Form data and x-www-form-urlencoded are very similar. They both are used for
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x-www-form-urlencoded is that the url will be encoded when sent through
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4) What command line interface is used with Postman normally to serve

continuous integration.

A:- Newman is used with Postman normally as a command line interface to serve
continuous integration.
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5) Write the command for running a folder in Newman.

A:- In Newman it is not necessary to run the complete collection to check just a
bunch of requests. This is obviously time consuming and not recommended. We can
also run just a folder located inside a collection in the Newman. For running a folder
in Newman, the following command is used

newman run <collection_name> –folder <folder name>

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Answer: Postman has a command-line integration tool called Newman with which you
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the collection and has full parity with the Postman collection runner i.e. the Newman
collection runner supports the Postman capabilities like Running assertions, Pre-request
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collection.
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To use Newman:

● You need to have a node installed.

● Now the Newman package needs to be installed through npm using the
command.

npm install -g newman

● The collection needs to be executed and the associated environment

configuration should be first exported to its JSON form through the
Postman application
● Now run the below command to run the Postman collection through
Newman.

newman run {{path to collection json}} -e {{path to environment json if any}}

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7) How can you generate HTML based reports running tests through the
Postman?

Answer: Newman uses the concept of reporters and templates to generate HTML
reports for the executed collection.

Hence, to generate HTML reports, you first need to install a reporter. You can install any
of the available HTML reporters like Newman-reporter-html as a node package through

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the below command.

npm install -g newman-reporter-html

Once the HTML reporter is installed, we can use the Newman command to run the
collection with -r flag i.e. the reporter flag and specify the reporter name as HTML.

The below command is used:

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Please note that as we have not mentioned the name or folder where we want the
reports to get generated, by default the reports will be generated in a folder named
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“Newman” that gets created in the same directory where the Newman command is
executed from.

8) Why is Base64 encoding primarily used in Postman?

A:- Base64 encoding is primarily used because it does the task of data transmission in a
textual format that is easier to be sent in the requests in HTML form statistics format.
Another reason why we use this is that using identical 64 characters for encoding is heavily
reliable in any language we use.

9) Why does Postman never accept any other encoding apart from Base64?
A:- You can use base64 as it helps us transmit the data into the textual form and send it as
HTML form data. Moreover, we must rely upon the same 64 characters in any encoding
language.

10) Is it preferable to save our work on Postman Cloud?

A:- When working on enterprise-level applications for organizations, it is not preferred to
store our work on the Postman cloud because of the required privacy and security. In the
Postman cloud, there are chances of security breaches by a skilled hacker.
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11) What are the various variable scopes provided by Postman?

A:- Postman has the following variable scopes:
● Global Variables
● Local Variables
● Environment Variables
● Collection Variables
● Data Variables

12) Is it possible to reuse the authentication token for multiple requests?

A:- You can indeed use the authentication token more than once. To do this, create a
collection, add all requests with the same authentication token, and then assign the

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parent" under the Authorization tab, we may apply it to each request separately.

13) What do you understand about ScratchPad?

A:- Scratch Pad is a space provided by Postman that helps us to work without being
connected to Postman servers. It provides the flexibility of utilizing some of the features of
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postman offline. The features include- collection creation, creating requests and the ability to
send requests. These are stored locally and once logged in, the work is saved into the
workspace.
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Step 2) A pre-request script associated with a folder will run before every request in
a specific folder.
Step 3) A test script associated with a collection will run after every request.
Step 4) A test script associated with a folder will run after the request in the specific
folder.
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15) What is the purpose of the 304 status code?

A:- The HTTP 304 Not Modified client redirection response code indicates that there
is no need to retransmit the requested resources. It is an implicit redirection to a
cached resource. This happens when the request method is a safe method, such as
GET or HEAD, or when the request is conditional and uses an If-None-Match or an
If-Modified-Since header.

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In Detail Answer to above Question.

A:- An HTTP status code is a response code sent between a browser and a web
server every time the browser receives an HTTP request. For example, when you
enter a URL to access a website.
When you make a request on your browser, it will send an If-Modified-Since request
header to the web server. This request header is sent to know when the web page in
question was last modified.
Then, the Last-Modified response header will specify when the web source was last
modified. If there’s no change, the server will send the HTTP 304 response code.
The HTTP status code 304 means Not Modified – the web page you requested
hasn’t changed since the last time you accessed it.
After that, your browser will retrieve the cached version of the web page in your local
storage. That way, the browser doesn’t have to download the same information from
the website’s server repeatedly.
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16) How do you write test cases for basic authentication in Postman?
A:- Basic Authentication is one of the authentication techniques provided in Postman
that ensures that we can set the username and password along with the API
requests. We can do this by first setting the credentials of the API by:
● Navigating to the Authorization tab.
● From the dropdown, select Basic Auth.
● Add the username and password to the API in the input fields given.

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pm.test("Is it a successful POST Request?", function () {

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How do you set the same headers for all requests in a Postman Collection?
A:- Postman collections allow using pre-request scripts at the individual request level
and the collection level. We can add any script that applies to all requests in the
collection in the pre-request scripts. We can do it by following the below steps:
● Right-click on the collection, navigate to the pre-request tab.
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pm.request.headers.add({
key: 'TestHeader',
value: 'testValue'
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Click on Update for saving the script.
Run the request in the Collection and check the Postman console to ensure
that the headers have been added.
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18) How will you stop the execution of upcoming requests or Stop execution of the
collections?
A:- We can use the below code to stop the execution of the next request:
pm.setNextRequest(null);

19) What do you understand by the pre-request script?

A:- Pre-request scripts are those scripts that are used for executing Javascript code before a
request is run. It is used for performing pre-processing tasks like setting variables,
parameters, headers, body data, etc., are performed using it.

20) How can we use Custom Javascript libraries in our scripts with an example?
A:- Postman provides a lot of built-in tools and libraries that we can use to add in our
pre-request or post-request scripts or test cases. Let us take the example of using
the moment.js library. It provides a lot of useful functions to format data around time.
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user which expects the format “DD/MM/YYYY”. We can use the moment library to
perform this using a single line of code. In our pre-request script, we need to add
the below lines of code to get the correctly formatted data and then store that in an
environment variable:
var moment = require('moment');
pm.environment.set('createdDate',moment().format('DD/MM/YYYY'));

There are a lot of other useful libraries like crypto.js that are useful for converting
text to encrypted values which can further be used anywhere in the request body.

21) If we have a global and a local variable of the same name, which one will be given
the most preference in Postman?
A:- In such cases, the higher precedence is given to the local variable by overwriting the
value of the global variable.

22) What are workspaces in Postman? What are their uses?

A:- Workspaces are the areas/space given by Postman for team collaboration to
work on a specific or set of collections. It provides a way to logically separate
requests or collections that are personal to the developer or the team so that the
maintenance of requests is made easy.
There are two types of workspaces in Postman:

● Personal Workspace:
○ These workspaces are useful when we are working simultaneously on
multiple projects and we require logical separation between the
requests to handle the requests better.
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● Team Workspace:
○ These are created for team collaboration so that more than one person
can be part of testing requests.
○ We can invite new users to collaborate on our collections by sharing
the email id of the users. Once the invite is accepted, the new users can
start contributing to the workspace by adding or modifying the
requests.
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any Postman collection. It is a NodeJS based package that requires a node
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A:- Suppose you want to generate numbers between the range 1 to N, then it can be
done in the pre-request script as follows:
pm.globals.set('randomNumber', Math.floor(Math.random() * N));
We can then use this variable in the URL as:{{randomNumber}}
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25) How do you get the cURL command based on the details of the REST API
obtained from Postman?

A:- You can use the steps listed below to get the cURL command equivalent: As

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Javascript, NodeJs, PHP, etc.
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27) How to Check that API response Contains Specific data?

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pm.test("Breakfast text Found in API response", function (){

pm.expect(pm.response.text()).to.include("Breakfast");

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28) How to pass User id, First name, Last Name in the API URL?

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30) How to Create Booking By inserting space in the parameters

in postman and validate the user getting any validations or
not?

A:- in the below image you can see that we passed the space in
the First name, last name and other parameters. And in 2nd
image we’re checking the validation in the Test section.

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31) How can we pass a token into the postman?

A:- We can pass the token in the Header, in the URL Using the
params and From the Authorization section using the Oath/Outh
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32) How to verify the expected and actual Name is the same in
the postman test?

A:- as per the 1st image we created the Booking that Contains
First name as “TheTestingAcademy”.
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