# \#testing **URL:** https://community.postman.com/tag/testing/112.md [Latest](https://community.postman.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.postman.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.postman.com/tags.md) --- ## [💭 Dream API automation - $150 challenge | 24 hours only](https://community.postman.com/t/dream-api-automation-150-challenge-24-hours-only/82715)
**Author:** [@gbadebo-bello](https://community.postman.com/u/gbadebo-bello)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/dream-api-automation-150-challenge-24-hours-only/82715 "2025-07-25T09:22:07Z")
:collision:24-Hour Challenge – Win $150 in Postman Swag​:collision: The weekly community challenge is back, and this one’s for the dreamers and the builders. Prompt: What’s your dream API automation? Think about the … --- ## [Jump Into Our API Testing Adventure – $250 Prize + Swag for first 15 submissions](https://community.postman.com/t/jump-into-our-api-testing-adventure-250-prize-swag-for-first-15-submissions/81457)
**Author:** [@danny-dainton](https://community.postman.com/u/danny-dainton)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/jump-into-our-api-testing-adventure-250-prize-swag-for-first-15-submissions/81457 "2025-07-03T16:44:12Z")
Ready to flex your API testing skills? This month’s challenge is all about creative, effective testing using Postman’s newest features. Complete 5 guided tasks in our Public Workspace and share how you used an external… --- ## [Performance Testing Script Issue In Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/performance-testing-script-issue-in-postman/79034)
**Author:** [@orbital-module-par10](https://community.postman.com/u/orbital-module-par10)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/performance-testing-script-issue-in-postman/79034 "2025-04-23T14:14:07Z")
Hi, I am trying to use performance testing feature in Postman. So, I have collection and inside collection I have endpoints, and in collection, inside Pre-request, I have written script to add request headers before mak… --- ## [SDK vs API: What’s the Difference, Really?](https://community.postman.com/t/sdk-vs-api-what-s-the-difference-really/78520)
**Author:** [@pooja-mistry](https://community.postman.com/u/pooja-mistry)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/sdk-vs-api-what-s-the-difference-really/78520 "2025-04-15T12:49:03Z")
Ever been starving at dinnertime and had to choose between cooking at home or ordering takeout? That’s basically the difference between using an SDK and an API. Yes, we’re using food to explain software. It works, we pro… --- ## [POST/CON Workshop: Deep Dive into API Prototyping & Testing with Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/post-con-workshop-deep-dive-into-api-prototyping-testing-with-postman/77747)
**Author:** [@postmanaut-dylan](https://community.postman.com/u/postmanaut-dylan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/post-con-workshop-deep-dive-into-api-prototyping-testing-with-postman/77747 "2025-03-27T14:47:04Z")
I’m Dylan, and I’ll be leading the Deep Dive into API Prototyping & Testing workshop at POST/CON 25. If you’re working on API automation, testing, or advanced API management, this session is for you. We’ll walk through … --- ## [End-to-end testing best practices with Postman mock servers](https://community.postman.com/t/end-to-end-testing-best-practices-with-postman-mock-servers/69403)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/end-to-end-testing-best-practices-with-postman-mock-servers/69403 "2024-10-07T17:17:28Z")
End-to-end (E2E) tests focus on the complete user workflow. This approach begins from the end user’s perspective and simulates a real-world scenario. E2E testing is only one type of test that every software system needs.… --- ## [Multiple tests with different data on the same POST request](https://community.postman.com/t/multiple-tests-with-different-data-on-the-same-post-request/61930)
**Author:** [@etoilexxx](https://community.postman.com/u/etoilexxx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/multiple-tests-with-different-data-on-the-same-post-request/61930 "2024-06-07T12:12:49Z")
Hi, I have a json body with multiple variables that I’d like to update dynamically and run each test on it. I want to avoid having to create multiple POSTs for each scenario. Body: “Category”: “{{Organization}}”, “Ma… --- ## [How to Automate API Testing using Salesforce Data as input](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-automate-api-testing-using-salesforce-data-as-input/60952)
**Author:** [@research-administra1](https://community.postman.com/u/research-administra1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-automate-api-testing-using-salesforce-data-as-input/60952 "2024-05-14T12:14:56Z")
I use Salesforce as a CRM. I would like to test API calls such that the Endpoint URL is derived from a Salesforce Data collection. If any endpoint returns a 404 (not found), I’d like to send an email with the URL(s) th… --- ## [Test Results Showing Incorrect Status Codes](https://community.postman.com/t/test-results-showing-incorrect-status-codes/52387)
**Author:** [@hooper7775](https://community.postman.com/u/hooper7775)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/test-results-showing-incorrect-status-codes/52387 "2023-09-26T10:06:21Z")
I am encountering an issue with the test results in Postman. I have a collection of tests that include sending PUT and PATCH requests to modify permissions for a user and then make another request. However, the test resu… --- ## [How to test this kind of API](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-test-this-kind-of-api/50951)
**Author:** [@security-geoscienti1](https://community.postman.com/u/security-geoscienti1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-test-this-kind-of-api/50951 "2023-08-25T11:25:10Z")
Our Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform employs Cognito’s OAUTH2.0 to engender a session of JWT token, possessing a duration of one hour. Subsequently, this token is transmuted into a five-minute session AWS credential, w… --- ## [Creating APIs with Flask and testing in Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/creating-apis-with-flask-and-testing-in-postman/50204)
**Author:** [@terieyenike](https://community.postman.com/u/terieyenike)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/creating-apis-with-flask-and-testing-in-postman/50204 "2023-08-02T17:51:13Z")
For this post, I will document my process of building APIs using the Python Flask framework and testing its endpoints using Postman. Article link: The talk for this particular session can be found using the link below… --- ## [Top 10 Questions: Advanced API Testing Webinar](https://community.postman.com/t/top-10-questions-advanced-api-testing-webinar/48380)
**Author:** [@kevinc-postman](https://community.postman.com/u/kevinc-postman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/top-10-questions-advanced-api-testing-webinar/48380 "2023-06-09T18:12:16Z")
Our May 31st webinar on advanced API testing workflows saw record attendance as we discussed best practices and automation techniques for testing in Postman. In total, we received and answered over 160 questions during … --- ## [API testing question](https://community.postman.com/t/api-testing-question/44755)
**Author:** [@m40opud1](https://community.postman.com/u/m40opud1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/api-testing-question/44755 "2023-03-10T10:41:19Z")
Hi, Postman community! Last year I created a course for beginners in API testing and want to share it with you! It is aimed at manual testers without knowledge of JavaScript. And the main goal of the course is to show … --- ## [How to delay response from mock server?](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-delay-response-from-mock-server/11833)
**Author:** [@maryfatimma](https://community.postman.com/u/maryfatimma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-delay-response-from-mock-server/11833 "2023-01-16T19:21:30Z")
I have set my program to timeout if it doesn’t receive a response to an http call after several minutes. I am trying to test this case using my postman mock server, but I can’t find any way to delay the response from the… --- ## [Run a test in another collection?](https://community.postman.com/t/run-a-test-in-another-collection/36193)
**Author:** [@Ben87](https://community.postman.com/u/Ben87)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/run-a-test-in-another-collection/36193 "2022-06-14T15:13:53Z")
Hello, Is it possible to somehow run an test from another collection? I need something from another API, which is in a different collection. I control my test order with postman.setNextRequest() and I want to navigate … --- ## [Software tester - what are my options for formal classroom/online trainings?](https://community.postman.com/t/software-tester-what-are-my-options-for-formal-classroom-online-trainings/35154)
**Author:** [@pvd](https://community.postman.com/u/pvd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/software-tester-what-are-my-options-for-formal-classroom-online-trainings/35154 "2022-05-09T21:49:53Z")
Hello. I currently work as a software tester and I use Postman to test API’s. My employer has provided us benefits where we can take some time-off from work (total of 8 days) to undergo professional development every yea… --- ## [Don’t get TechCrunched: performance testing for your HTTP APIs](https://community.postman.com/t/don-t-get-techcrunched-performance-testing-for-your-http-apis/3137)
**Author:** [@jetison](https://community.postman.com/u/jetison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/don-t-get-techcrunched-performance-testing-for-your-http-apis/3137 "2022-02-03T18:30:15Z")
Postman wasn’t originally designed for load testing, but our community has asked how they can use Postman to do it. If you have a solution using Newman for load testing, tell us about it in the comments below. --- ## [Jackal, a new Postman Collections enhancer tool](https://community.postman.com/t/jackal-a-new-postman-collections-enhancer-tool/24222)
**Author:** [@ile2807](https://community.postman.com/u/ile2807)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/jackal-a-new-postman-collections-enhancer-tool/24222 "2021-06-07T06:21:17Z")
Hi, I created this npm library tools that enhances or merges postman collections: Jackal I have also created a CLI tool that uses above library: Jackal CLI And also a GUI tool (work in progress): Jackal GUI Curren… --- ## [How to send newman htmlextra report through email from azure pipeline](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-send-newman-htmlextra-report-through-email-from-azure-pipeline/23808)
**Author:** [@saytest](https://community.postman.com/u/saytest)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-send-newman-htmlextra-report-through-email-from-azure-pipeline/23808 "2021-05-19T06:21:04Z")
I’m trying to send the newman HTML report through email to my team members from azure pipeline. I’ve integrated Postman collection with azure pipeline to run the API tests from the Azure pipeline and send the newman HTM… --- ## [Webinar: API Security Testing within Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/webinar-api-security-testing-within-postman/23051)
**Author:** [@ericsheridanwhs](https://community.postman.com/u/ericsheridanwhs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/webinar-api-security-testing-within-postman/23051 "2021-04-25T00:43:30Z")
Hi Community! I am excited to share that Kin Lane (Chief Evangelist at Postman) and I (Eric Sheridan, Chief Scientist at WhiteHat Security) will be co-presenting at an upcoming webinar on May 6th regarding how to perfor… --- ## [What is happening during API validation?](https://community.postman.com/t/what-is-happening-during-api-validation/18967)
**Author:** [@flo](https://community.postman.com/u/flo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/what-is-happening-during-api-validation/18967 "2021-01-08T14:38:58Z")
Hi, I generated an API with one request path from an OAS and generated a Collection as a Test Suite from that API. Can I somehow see what exactly happens when I ‘Click to validate’ in the ‘Test’-tab of the API? In the… --- ## [Why should developers have all the fun?!](https://community.postman.com/t/why-should-developers-have-all-the-fun/18314)
**Author:** [@bpricilla](https://community.postman.com/u/bpricilla)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/why-should-developers-have-all-the-fun/18314 "2020-12-14T14:07:48Z")
Not to discriminate against Developers here!! :blush: Just a motivational post for QA folks who are looking forward to know more about Postman :innocent:!! Are you a Quality Assurance Engineer? Okay, you may have some … --- ## [How to use variable in test param](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-use-variable-in-test-param/16465)
**Author:** [@JuliaKaplan](https://community.postman.com/u/JuliaKaplan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-use-variable-in-test-param/16465 "2020-10-05T05:16:18Z")
Hey, i’m have a variable saved in common variables and i wan’t to test is the output in get is same as the variable but i keep getting undefiled errors Maybe someone can advice Thank you --- ## [Encoding query parameter excluding variables in postman\\newman](https://community.postman.com/t/encoding-query-parameter-excluding-variables-in-postman-newman/15577)
**Author:** [@hiradhu](https://community.postman.com/u/hiradhu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/encoding-query-parameter-excluding-variables-in-postman-newman/15577 "2020-09-03T13:38:46Z")
Hi Experts, I did search for any help already existing, couldn’t find though. Appreciate your help with this: a. The API that I am testing accepts json payload as query param and expects the entire payload to be base6… --- ## [Continuous Testing of APIs](https://community.postman.com/t/continuous-testing-of-apis/5298)
**Author:** [@kaustavdm](https://community.postman.com/u/kaustavdm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/continuous-testing-of-apis/5298 "2019-05-06T11:54:57Z")
If you were at the Postman meetup in Bangalore in January, you would have heard @jetison and I talk about Continuous Testing. Joyce has further presented on the same topic in San Francisco. So, we wrote it down. Food fo… --- ## [End-to-End testing with Cypress](https://community.postman.com/t/end-to-end-testing-with-cypress/5284)
**Author:** [@steve1](https://community.postman.com/u/steve1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/end-to-end-testing-with-cypress/5284 "2019-05-03T21:33:20Z")
How the Postman Web Team tests web properties https://medium.com/better-practices/end-to-end-testing-with-cypress-bfcd59633f1a --- ## [Use one only instance of tests and re-use](https://community.postman.com/t/use-one-only-instance-of-tests-and-re-use/626)
**Author:** [@eloyucu](https://community.postman.com/u/eloyucu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/use-one-only-instance-of-tests-and-re-use/626 "2019-03-14T15:29:30Z")
Hello everyone. I have some folder with different request, something like: Folder 1 request 1 request 2 request 3 Folder 2 request 1 request 2 request 3 Folder 3 request 1 reques… --- ## [Using visual studio code to write tests](https://community.postman.com/t/using-visual-studio-code-to-write-tests/4257)
**Author:** [@salilbhole](https://community.postman.com/u/salilbhole)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/using-visual-studio-code-to-write-tests/4257 "2019-02-22T19:05:43Z")
What postman java-script libraries I need to import to write my tests using visual studio code. Thanks, --- ## [Integrating in an API-first world](https://community.postman.com/t/integrating-in-an-api-first-world/2476)
**Author:** [@kaustavdm](https://community.postman.com/u/kaustavdm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/integrating-in-an-api-first-world/2476 "2018-08-22T06:15:55Z")
An introduction to how integration testing changes in the context of designing service based application stacks. It includes a checklist of things to consider when choosing a testing strategy for services. We’ll follow t… --- ## [Fake it till you make it: mocks for agile development](https://community.postman.com/t/fake-it-till-you-make-it-mocks-for-agile-development/2096)
**Author:** [@jetison](https://community.postman.com/u/jetison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/fake-it-till-you-make-it-mocks-for-agile-development/2096 "2018-07-16T19:53:49Z")
Working with \> 5 million developers worldwide has given us something to talk about. :mega: Follow us on our brand NEW Postman Engineering blog, a place where the Postman team shares our technical insights, and the insi… [Next page](https://community.postman.com/tag/testing/112.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=testing)