# Newman, differents between postman link and api collection uid

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/newman-differents-between-postman-link-and-api-collection-uid/8173>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** newman-project, ci-cd, collections\
**Created:** [October 4, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/newman-differents-between-postman-link-and-api-collection-uid/8173 "2019-10-04T08:35:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![inatr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba9def/32.png) [@inatr](https://community.postman.com/u/inatr)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/newman-differents-between-postman-link-and-api-collection-uid/8173/1 "2019-10-04T08:35:31Z")

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Hi. I connected my git repo with Travis CI, and in .travis.yml file I used:  
[https://www.getpostman.com/collections/xxxxx](https://www.getpostman.com/collections/xxxxx)  
Everything works fine but i want to know what differents are between using postman link and link like:  
[https://api.getpostman.com/collections/xxxxx?apikey=xxxx](https://api.getpostman.com/collections/xxxxx?apikey=xxxx)  
Results are the same but in what case i should use 1st method and when 2nd?

Thanks for help

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**Author:** ![danny-dainton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/danny-dainton/32/29401_2.png) [@danny-dainton](https://community.postman.com/u/danny-dainton)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/newman-differents-between-postman-link-and-api-collection-uid/8173/2 "2025-04-30T14:25:41Z")

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