API Testing: Working with Variables in Postman

API, Postman    |    Intermediate
  • 13 videos | 1h 40m
  • Includes Assessment
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In Postman, variables play a pivotal role in enhancing flexibility and efficiency throughout the application programming interface (API) testing and development process. These variables provide a dynamic way to handle changing values, such as ports, URL app routes, or data within a request body. In this course, you will begin by working with variables, including global variables, collection variables, and environment variables, and learning when to use each type. Moving on, you explore secret variables, which keep their value hidden, and thus are ideal for storing sensitive information like passwords. You will see how you can use the UI, pre-request scripts, and tests to configure and access these variables. Next, you delve into request chaining, linking all requests in a collection such that each request depends on the previous ones in sequence. Finally, you explore the Postman command line interface (CLI). You will install this on your local machine and use it to run collections.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
    Work with global variables
    Create variables in pre-request scripts
    Create secret variables
    Work with collection variables
    Perform tests with collections
    Test apis with collection variables
  • Work with environment variables
    Write pre-request scripts for collections
    Write test scripts for schema validation
    Explore request chaining
    Work with the postman command line interface (cli)
    Summarize the key concepts covered in this course

IN THIS COURSE

  • 1m 59s
    In this video, we will discover the key concepts covered in this course. FREE ACCESS
  • 6m 58s
    During this video, you will learn how to work with global variables. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Defining Global Variables Using Pre-request Scripts
    6m 15s
    In this video, find out how to create variables in pre-request scripts. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Creating Secret Variables
    7m 36s
    Learn how to create secret variables. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Creating and Accessing Collection Variables
    4m 35s
    In this video, you will learn how to work with collection variables. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Performing End-to-end Tests with Collection Variables-I
    12m 5s
    In this video, you will learn how to perform tests with collections. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Performing End-to-end Tests with Collection Variables-II
    7m 12s
    In this video, learn how to test APIs with collection variables. FREE ACCESS
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    8.  Creating and Using Environment Variables
    6m 21s
    Find out how to work with environment variables. FREE ACCESS
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    9.  Configuring Pre-request Scripts for Requests and Collections
    10m 54s
    In this video, discover how to write pre-request scripts for collections. FREE ACCESS
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    10.  Configuring Test Scripts for Schema Validation
    8m 40s
    Learn how to write test scripts for schema validation. FREE ACCESS
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    11.  Working with Request Chaining
    11m 55s
    In this video, we will explore request chaining. FREE ACCESS
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    12.  Running Collections Using the Postman Command Line Interface (CLI)
    12m 41s
    Find out how to work with the Postman command line interface (CLI). FREE ACCESS
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    13.  Course Summary
    2m 49s
    In this video, we will summarize the key concepts covered in this course. FREE ACCESS

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