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 …

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?

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_co…

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

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gbadebo-bello (Gbadebo Bello) March 1, 2024, 12:00pm 4

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

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