First of all: Hi! :slight_smile: It looks like I cannot find the right search terms, because my searches have been unsuccessful so far. Is there a way to display something like a form before sending a request to define values for local variables that are necessary for this request? I tried the Ja…

Hey @mozrin :waving_hand:t2: When you hover over a variable, either resolved or unresolved, you can add a new value before it’s sent: [17478448681742177348194431800353] You can also do this via the All Variables section: [17478449544304839494832061011571] [image] Store and reuse valu…

Also wondering about this. Does it exist?

Hiya, There’s no way to prompt for values at runtime. The closest thing to a quick pop-up is to open the Environment by hitting the eyeball in the top right and making adjustments prior to sending a request or running a collection. [image] Best, Kevin

Is prompt feature avaialble in postman now?

It’s now been 10 years since this feature was requested on GitHub. We should be celebrating its anniversary. It’s also the 4th most requested feature on GitHub, and the question posted here, despite being much newer and a duplicate, has amassed 13.5K views. Literally any API I can think of has a va…

I’m not sure but using this info… Adding External Libraries in Postman | Postman Blog perhaps can someone find an external library that have the “prompt” functionality… (Up to know… i didn`t find it.)… I have try several, but are requesting for “prompt” function itself…

one of the problems here is that it makes the data entry of just a few variables difficult… because you have to scroll through the entire collection / environment and all those variables. This takes up valuable brain power / effort when you really need to be focusing on how to make things work and …

and not to say that this is optimal… I’d much prefer to be able to simply do: pm.environment.set("somekey", prompt(message));

Here I am years later suggesting that this might be a nice feature. Ironically @tastratton .. when I asked the AI how it can be done in Postman, if confidently responded with … [image] … I guess even the AIs are voting for this to be implemented.

Prompt values before request

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danny-dainton (Danny Dainton) May 21, 2025, 4:30pm 10

Hey @mozrin

When you hover over a variable, either resolved or unresolved, you can add a new value before it’s sent:

You can also do this via the All Variables section:

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