Hello,
I search in the others topic but i don’t find the answer of my problem.
Recently, I can’t import the collection exported by an other person.
And when I exported my collection, this person can’t import it, but when I import my exportation I have no problem
The error message is : Error while importing : format not recognized
In the exportation I selected “Exploitation sonde will be exported as a JSON file. Export as: Collection v2.1 (recommended)”
do you have an idea to help me ? please
Hi @Yushino 
Could you provide us the screenshot of the error? Also, can you try to import as API and then Generate collection from it?
Hello subramanya.raj
We can resolve the problem.
The problem came from the anti-virus software.
It’s change the url in the collection to add its url.
Thanks for your reply
@Yushino Glad to know you managed to resolve this 
Could you let us know what exactly was changed, which might be helpful for other users facing this? Was it just disabling the anti-virus or were there any changes made to the exported collection (any specifics)?
Hello everybody,
the issue still exist !!!
I understood that the issue is related to the antivirus program
so what exactly did you disable ?
can you please explain the steps ?
If you are receiving the above error during importing collection/API - as the message reads, this is most probably due to the improper format. So do give this a try:
If the issue persists, please submit a ticket to us here.
Hello,
My problem is resolved
The problem was with file import, in the file the anti-virus change all url with its secure url when the file comes from a friend
Example :
wrong url : Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection
right url : https://schema.getpostman.com/json/collection/v2.1.0/collection.json
To avoid the problem we pass on google drive or with a zip, the url doesn’t change however when you send the file directly with extension *postman_collection.json the url changes.
My anti-virus is symantec and i don’t manage the software param, on your case, you can verify to autorised a specific url in your anti-virus.
@Kurmavatar i don’t create an API in postman just use to call with my friend our API create out of postman
