I am Raghav Bhatia, undergrad student from BITS Pilani. I want to apply for GSOC 2021 with Postman. I saw Idea list and one of the ideas is to create newman request .
Goal is Replacing curl with newman request in a curl command should run the send the request using Newman.
I have carried out a proof of concept to create newman request according to following expected output:
Users can send a single request with Newman and show the request/response using a reporter of their choice.
Replacing curl with newman request in a curl command should run the send the request using Newman.
While researching about the topic, I feel one of the best solutions would be to get all curl options from the command and and create a Postman collection through curl-to-postmanv2.
Here is how i plan to implement it:
Add a new command newman request
Newman request will invoke a newman.request() function with curl options and newman run options. (To be done)
It will pass curl to curl-to-postmanv2 convert function, and create a Postman collection with single item (To be moved to configLoaders )
Use created postman collection and newman options to run the request using postman-runtime
Let me know if this approach looks good to you @Sharath_Iyengar, @hannah.neil@lukasz.gornicki. Also, can you please connect me with the GSoC mentor for this project since I am already long way through the POC and I have got a thumbs up from Shamasis Bhattacharya for the same. I would like to discuss my ideas with the GSoC mentor and get them reviewed.
@Sharath_Iyengar should I share the doc here as well? I have attached it in the email I sent, to the GSoC team. All the information is available in the PR as well.
@research-astronomer as mentioned in the guideline please stick to sharing your project ideas via google documents whereas your community contributions can be by solving existing issues.
Please donât mix both of these, although we would love to see a brief implementation or effort towards the project idea, considering that to be community contribution would not be the right approach.
Please share the doc link with gsoc@postman.com with editor access.
Hi @Sharath_Iyengar,
I started working on this PR before I joined the GSoC community forum. That is why I was unaware of the guidelines. After reading the guidelines, I will be using PR comments only to give details about new commits and updates that I make to that PR.
I agree with you that I have put more effort towards the project idea and its implementation and it isnât good to mix it with the community contribution component that in my opinion, is a separate thing. That is why I am also working on other existing issues and will raise PR for them, when ready, and I will update the document.
Having said that, it would be really helpful if I can get early feedback about my direction and ideas, as I am already long way through the POC. It would be great if you can introduce me to my mentor and I am looking forward to work with him/her. As you suggested, here is my draft proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_qRZpcl6TcrTjs8YujHxXJKsCLbuBqjz2h7go0X5Kg/edit
I have included my project summary which can be reviewed by the mentor. I have also given editor access to gsoc@postman.com.
@utkarsh-maheshwari-p Thanks for your valuable feedback! As per your suggestions in the comment, I have added some details in the âDescription of Workâ topic of the proposal. The doc is ready for a second round of review. Please let me know if the description of work is complete or is there something more to be added or modified.
Doc link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_qRZpcl6TcrTjs8YujHxXJKsCLbuBqjz2h7go0X5Kg/edit
Hello @Sharath_Iyengar ,
I want to implement the idea of Newman Request feature, it seems convincing to me:
I will be able to provide all the three expected outcomes for this feature, a detailed description of how I will implement is is given in the proposal I have mailed to gsoc@postman.com and have given editor access.
The mentors have been requested for a followup review but as the deadline is close by and we have a ton of requests coming in, cannot guarantee a review and in the timeframe you would expect but we will try our very best
@utkarsh-maheshwari-p@pranav-singhal@raghav.garg@Sharath_Iyengar@udit
Thank you for your feedback in the last few days. It was great to discuss ideas with each other. It really helped me improve my proposal. I have submitted the final proposal on the GSoC website. Looking forward to working on this project under your mentorship. I will use this community post thread to further update if there is any progress in this project and if there are more ideas.
