I am wondering if it is possible to set and use variables in the body of a request rather than in the url itself, as the documentation has been a bit confusing surrounding that topic. Thank you!
Hey @awalsh1102 
You can absolutely use variables in the body of a request, for example:
{
"message":"{{my_variable}}"
}
Is this what you have in mind or are you thinking of something different?
Hi Danny!
Thank you for your reply. I tried using that method to set my variable equal to a value within the body but it did not work. Is there a workaround? Thanks!
That would be how to use a variable in request and not set one.
Setting variables can be done either manually in any of the scopes (Global, Collection, Environment, etc) or done programmatically via either a pre or post request script.
Can you you share how you would like to see that happening and if those methods are not working for you.