Effective Postman

Environments

• Identify common variables : Determine which variables are used across multiple requests and can be reused. These could be API endpoints, authentication tokens, or any other values that change between different environments.

• Create separate environments for different stages : Create separate environments for development, staging, and production to easily switch between different stages.

• Use environment variables in requests: Use environment variables in the request URL, headers, or body to easily switch between different values.

 

Scripts

• A pre-request script in Postman is a piece of JavaScript code that runs before a request is sent. You can use pre-request scripts to automate tasks, modify requests, and perform validations before sending a request. Here are some common use cases for pre-request scripts in Postman