Refactoring Postman collection to execute a request

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I have a Postman collection running with No issues, However, I am attempting to refactor it for improved reusability. In light of this, I am seeking advice on the optimal approach.

My particular use case involves two collections. The first, Connector, contains two requests - Delete Connector (Method: DELETE) and Create New Connector (Method: POST). The second collection, API E2E flow, has two requests - GET call and POST call, with the latter being dependent on the successful execution of requests 1.1 and 1.2 in the Connector collection.

In order to streamline my testing process, I am seeking advice on the most efficient method to execute requests 1.1 and 1.2 as pre-script from 2nd collection.

One approach I have tried is but didn’t like that much"…"

— PRE-SCRIPT

pm.sendRequest({
    url: 'https://api.getpostman.com/collections/21abd494-403e-486d-9b41-4f68837218d3',
    header: {
        'X-Api-Key': '*** KEY ***',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: {
        mode: 'raw',
        raw: JSON.stringify({
            "collection": {
                "info": {
                    "_postman_id": "21abd494-403e-486d-9b41-4f68837218d3"
                }
            },
            "environment": {
                "values": []
            }
        })
    }
}, function (err, res) {
    if (err) {
        console.error(err);
    } else {
        console.log("RESPONSE is :" +res.text());
        var runUrl = '*** Delete Connector (Method: DELETE) *** ';
        pm.sendRequest({
            url: runUrl,
            method: 'DELETE',
            header: {
                'X-Api-Key': '*** KEY ***'
            }
        }, function (err, res) {
            if (err) {
                console.error(err);
            } else {
                console.log(res.text());
            }
        });
    }
});
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Also I noticed that when I am able to get collection details by hitting

https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}?apikey=*** and got response that has multiple request details

And using the response when I am trying to hit another API to get more detail of request, I am getting error message like

GET https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}/items/{{request_uid}}?apikey=***

{
    "error": {
        "name": "notFound",
        "message": "Requested resource not found"
    }
}

I think I am passing valid request_uid only but just to double check, How do we get the request_uid of the request? I am attaching ss here, can anyone confirm?

Screen Shot 2023-04-11 at 12.28.46 AM

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Instead of “/items” it should be “/requests”

GET https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid} }/requests/{{request_uid}}