Usage of pm.execution.setNextRequest() for recursing the same request using post response script

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Hi,
Need some info over how we can use pm.execution.setNextRequest() to perform recursion while traversing thru all pages of a postman response.

Work flow:

  • Request Body:
    {
    “page_type”: “FIRST”,
    “limit”: 200,
    “cursor”: {{cursorval1}},
    “default_filter”: “”
    }

  • cursorval1 is the collection variable which holds the data value to traverse thru all the pages.

  • In post response script, cursorval1 is set using = pm.collectionVariables.set(“cursorval1”, body.next_cursor)

  • To recurse through all the pages, I am using pm.execution.setNextRequest(id) in a while loop and the id passed is the same as request which is calling the post response script (This is not a separate script)

  • Need to know if on calling pm.execution.setNextRequest(id) till a certain response data condition is met, does it overwrite the pm.response.json()

  • It appears to me that even if we call the pm.execution.setNextRequest(id) in a loop it does not overwrite the first json response we get pm.response.json()

  • Is there any other way to perform recursion of a request using the post response script of the same request