Hi, Is there a way to extract the name of the active environment within test scripts? I want to decide my workflow based on the environment the tests are being currently executed. Thanks, Amruta

If it still actual you can get environment name from pm.environment.name

Thanks @vdespa , already doing this in my scripts. Was wondering if there was already an internal variable that I could utilize instead.

Given environments in the API have to be referenced by GUID to update them, it’s kinda annoying to have to go create an environment, then get if from the API, then put its guid as a variable into it. This should be a standard feature of environments in the scripting environment to allow tying the s…

[image] o.g.fomichev: pm.environment.name This worked for me, thanks… To confirm this is the code I used; pm.test("Check environment and call successful", function () { pm.expect(pm.environment.name).to.equal("ENVIRONMENT_NAME"); pm.response.to.have.status(200); });

Extract active environment name within script

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vdespa (vdespa) February 26, 2018, 7:26am 2

I am not sure if there is a better solution, but I would just create a new environment variable, like environmentName=production and reference that in scripts.

It is probably the easiest way. Hope this helps!

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Extract active environment name within script

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