Automatic importing of collections with Postman API

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Im trying to create a script using the Postman API to import a URL as a collection. When I use the import button through the app, it works, but doing with the script returns that it is missing a required parameter “collection” within the json.

Failed to import collection. Status code: 400
Response body: {"error":{"name":"paramMissingError","message":"Parameter is missing in the request.","details":{"param":"collection"}}}
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Hi @jthom2. Welcome to the Postman Community.

AFAIK, you can only import a Postman data dump or an OpenAPI definition via the Postman API. Can you share how you’re trying to do this import using the Postman API?

3

Yes, the code below is what im using.

from dotenv import load_dotenv
import requests
import json
import os

load_dotenv()

api_key = os.environ.get('POSTMAN_API_KEY')

api_url = os.environ.get('API_URL')

api_response = requests.get(api_url)
if api_response.status_code == 200:
    api_definition_content = api_response.json()
else:
    print("Failed to fetch API defintion. Status code:", api_response.status_code)
    exit()

url = "https://api.getpostman.com/collections"

headers = {
    "X-Api-Key": api_key,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

api_definition_json = json.dumps(api_definition_content)

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=api_definition_json)

if response.status_code == 200:
    print("Collection created successfully")
else:
    print("Failed to import collection. Status code:", response.status_code)
    print("Response body:", response.text)
4

It seems you’re making an API call to the wrong endpoint. You can refer to the documentation for importing dumps here.

5

I was able to get it working with that endpoint and a few other minor modifications. Thank you!

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