How to use Global variable using UID?

[devang-ey (Devang Mukeshbhai Thakrar)]

I am running my test collections using Postman Command Line Interface (CLI). I want to know how I can utilize the global variable by its Unique Identifier (UID), in the same way as I use environment and collection variables. So instead of using the global variable with a file path as shown below:

postman collection run [Collection UID] -e [Environment UID] -g [Global var File path]

I would like to use the UID of the global variable. Could you please tell me how to do this?

[danny-dainton]

Hey @devang-ey

Welcome back to the Community Forum

We had a similar question recently:

Postman CLI pass in Global Variables

The Postman API has recently released a new endpoint to read and update the Global Variables in a Workspace. For usage on the Postman CLI, you could use that URL in the command to access the globals: postman collection run {{collection_uuid}} -g "https://api.getpostman.com/workspaces/{{workspace_id}}/global-variables?apikey={{postman_api_key}}" The scope of the variable used should be the correct one for the context. Is a global scoped variable, the most appropriate for your context?

Currently, using the UID for the Globals is not possible but you can use the Postman API and the /workspaces/<workspace_id>/global-variables endpoint to access these from the command line.