Variables are among the most powerful features in Postman. Using variables in your Postman requests, eliminates the need to duplicate requests, which can save a lot of time! A very common scenario while testing APIs…
Postman v0.9.6 – Access cookies and restricted headers. Plus better tests!
Ever since the packaged app release, there have been a couple of restrictions that have held back some developers from upgrading. First was the inability to use browser cookies. The second was to send headers…
How RareWire uses Postman to save development time and build APIs easily
Writing apps that use REST APIs without using Postman is kind of like driving a car with mud or ice on the windshield: if you know your environment and take it slow, you might be…
Tip: How to launch Postman really quickly
Launching Chrome apps used to be a tedious chore. You would have to go to the default app launcher screen which comes up in the new tab page. A few weeks back, the new tab…
Using self-signed SSL certificates with Postman
This post is applicable to the Postman Chrome app only. If you're using the Mac app, head to our documentation for details on ignoring SSL errors. Self-signed certificates are often used in testing and development…
Enabling Chrome Developer Tools inside Postman
Chrome's Developer Tools are an indispensable part of the modern web development workflow. However, accessing them inside the Postman packaged app takes a few steps. To enable them: Type chrome://flags inside your Chrome URL window…
Extracting data from responses and chaining requests
Postman lets you write scripts that run before/after you receive a response from the server. You can do practically anything in these scripts. The pre-request and test scripts run inside a sandbox and Postman provides…
Ridiculously easy API testing: Introducing Jetpacks for Postman
Fred Brooks in his seminal book "The Mythical Man Month" gave the following ideal distribution of time spent on a software project: 1/3rd to planning 1/6th to coding 1/4th to component testing and early system…
Capturing requests using the new Postman v0.9.4
Software complexity grows exponentially. As the size of the the code base increases, so does the interlocking between various parts of the system. Hence, finding out what's going on exactly becomes critically important to debug…
Legacy app update, Cookies and DevTools for v0.9.x
I just pushed an update for the legacy branch of Postman (v0.8.3) on the Chrome Web Store. The update has a bulk export option which combines all your Postman data in one file. If you…