# Can we automate web, Mobile, Desktop and electron-based applications using Postman ? survey result and answer **URL:** \ **Category:** Help Hub\ **Tags:** collections\ **Created:** [August 1, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343 "2021-08-01T22:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![praveendvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/praveendvd/32/6796_2.png) [@praveendvd](https://community.postman.com/u/praveendvd)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/1 "2021-08-01T22:50:12Z")
It was an interesting result with more than half knowing that we can automate web , desktop , electron or any other application using [Postman](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/praveendvd_web-mobile-desktop-activity-6827729765139591168-du0I/#).๐Ÿ˜ but still as expected around 45% still were unaware about the actual architecture and implementation of the automation technology Because, **#selenium** , **#wdio** ( **#webdriverio** ) etc are just http client libraries that calls the w3c apis under the hood. I have created a Public collection to show an example of how to automate webapp using postman ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘‹ ๐Ÿ‘ You can use this workspace to improve your knowledge on test automation also: ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘‹ ๐Ÿ‘ Link to collection that automates webapp using **#postman** : > **[Automate chrome browser](https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/8296678/TzsbKT1V)** > > !\[image\](https://d2o2utebsixu4k.cloudfront.net/media/images/410dbe5b-51b1-4b26-98e5-fba4e1f25497.jpg) > > > \## Introduction > > > The aim of this collection is to make you familiarized with test automation concept and reiterate that test automation is all... Link to w3c endpoint public workspace: > **[Postman](https://www.postman.com/praveendvd-public/workspace/webdriver-w3c-apis/overview)** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/original/2X/5/5fce069c9a4a51044fc1a09fec5af9c870b3c1cc.png) **#postmanapi** **#apitesting** **#webautomation** **#testautomationframework** **#testautomationtools** **#testautomation** **#qualityassurance** ---
**Author:** ![pranavdavar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/pranavdavar/32/9152_2.png) [@pranavdavar](https://community.postman.com/u/pranavdavar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/2 "2021-08-02T05:42:46Z")
@praveendvd, I was waiting for the results and outcome of this poll. As I also come under 45% audience who selected NO. I have to surely visit your public workspace to understand more on this aspectโ€ฆ Thank you again for this amazing information ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![praveendvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/praveendvd/32/6796_2.png) [@praveendvd](https://community.postman.com/u/praveendvd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/3 "2021-08-02T06:05:30Z")
Thank you so much @pranavdavar You just have to : 1. open cmd and run chromedriver 2. Run the collection in collection runner thats it ๐Ÿ˜ ---
**Author:** ![bpricilla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/bpricilla/32/6511_2.png) [@bpricilla](https://community.postman.com/u/bpricilla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/4 "2021-08-02T08:07:21Z")
@praveendvd Oh wow, this looks cool ๐Ÿฅณ ๐Ÿ˜ I canโ€™t wait to try this ๐Ÿค— This will be fun I think! You are awesome ๐Ÿคฉ ---
**Author:** ![praveendvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/praveendvd/32/6796_2.png) [@praveendvd](https://community.postman.com/u/praveendvd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/5 "2021-08-02T08:32:50Z")
Thank you so much bro . Waiting for your feedback , ๐Ÿ˜ ---
**Author:** ![rich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rich](https://community.postman.com/u/rich)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/6 "2021-08-07T17:53:10Z")
I have the chromedriver running locally and am running the collection in Postman app. When I Send the โ€œnew sessionโ€ request, the Test Results show โ€œTypeError: Cannot read property โ€˜lengthโ€™ of undefinedโ€ I see the step in the collection let step = records.length ? records.shift() : undefined When the session request returns, I see there is a sessionId but all requests fail as above. I tried hard coding the sessionId but then navigate To step failed. Any thoughts on getting past these issues? ---
**Author:** ![praveendvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/praveendvd/32/6796_2.png) [@praveendvd](https://community.postman.com/u/praveendvd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/7 "2021-08-07T18:06:53Z")
Did you Change anything ? Just run the collection without modifying as it is and make sure chrome and chrome driver versions are compatible . And also you should use postman desktop app ---
**Author:** ![sseenivasan89](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/sseenivasan89/32/8350_2.png) [@sseenivasan89](https://community.postman.com/u/sseenivasan89)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/8 "2021-11-21T03:20:17Z")
Here itโ€™s same explained in video pls have a look [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2KPPnjIRuas/maxresdefault.jpg "Selenium WebDriver | JSON Wire Protocol | W3C | Automate Browser Using Selenium WebDriver API's") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KPPnjIRuas) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/system/32/29796_2.png) [@system](https://community.postman.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/can-we-automate-web-mobile-desktop-and-electron-based-applications-using-postman-survey-result-and-answer/26343/9 "2024-12-12T14:47:56Z")
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.