Hello Again In my Environment I set a variable var = 1 and use that one in the URL Now my put operation yields an issue: 1 Issue found while validating against PUT /api/workspace/{workspaceId} When I change the URL to /api/workspace/:workspaceId and use a path variable, the test is successfull I…

Hey @plcmaechler Are you able to show an example of what you’re seeing in the app and the test code that you’re using to get/set the variables please?

Well there is no “test code” involved Let’s share the information firts: This is the definition in the API: [image] And here is the request from my collection: [image] And when i test the API, postman reports the error: [image] When I use a path variable, the API test is ok [image] and to…

My bad - When people talk about variables, my mind instantly goes to getting or setting them via a script with pm.environment.get() / pm.environment.set() :smiley: So it’s failing to validate the request against your schema when you use an environment variable as a path parameter value? [Screensho…

yes the API endpoint is defined as /api/workspace/{workspaceId}: and requires a parameter workspaceId in path the request is {{baseUrl}}/api/workspace/{{workspaceId}} and this fails (looks to me I have to use an path variable when testing the API) therefore my next attemp was to set the path var…

Okay. Not totally sure what you are trying to do and why it is or isn’t working, but from the images, it looks like you should “stick” with the path vars, but combine it with the {{workingId}} you add by putting that as the value for the path var. This one is showing using the dynamic vars for a uu…

Hello Mason For requests from within a Collection, this approach (using a path variable and setting it to the environment var) is working fine and all the calls and tests are successfull The problem-part is when i test or validate the API. On the postman website I go into my API and from there to…

Unfortunately my problem is still not solved. I’m getting the feelding, that my question/problem is not clear I have six request in my Collection /login /user/create /user/read/:userId /user/change/:userId /user/delete/:userId /user/read/:userId when loggin in, the accessToken is saved as an env…

The path variable "var" needs to be of type integer, but we found "{{var}}"

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plcmaechler (Philippe Mächler) May 18, 2020, 8:38am 2

Looks like this is the same as The path variable needs to be of type number, but we found "{{id}}"

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The path variable "var" needs to be of type integer, but we found "{{var}}"

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