Using the Certify Postman Interface

After integrating Postman, Certify can access, send, and receive data and execute Postman processes.

Configuring Postman

You must complete the following steps in the Postman API Platform:

Complete the following steps to integrate Postman with Certify:

• Create a Postman collection.
• Export the Postman collection as a JSON file.

This procedure assumes that you have the Postman API Platform installed.

To create and export a Postman collection:

For more detailed information, see the Postman website.

1. Open the Postman API Platform.
2. Create a collection and request in Postman.
3. (Optional) Define input parameters to pass data to Certify.
4. (Optional) Define environment variables to receive data from Certify.
5. Create a test case to validate the response.

6. Save and export the Postman collection as a JSON file.

   You will use the Postman collection file path when creating a Certify process.

   

Creating a Certify Postman Process

This procedure assumes that you have installed the Postman interface when installing Certify.

The Postman Interface is comprised of only one object named Collection, and it has the following actions:

Action	Description	Narrative
Configure	Configure the Postman Collection you plan to run	Configure Postman Collection "<*Collection>" run You will post the saved Collection path in a parameter field.
Get Last Run Error Message	Get error message from last run	Store error message from last run in Variable <*Variable>
Get Run Statistics	Get statistics from last run	Store last run <*Statistic ID> statistic value in <*Value>
Get Variable	Get Postman variable value from last run	Store last run <*Scope> scoped Variable <*Variable> value in <*Value>
Run	Run Postman Collection	Run configured Postman Collection
Set Data Variable	Set Postman data variable value	Set Postman data variable <*Variable> to <*Value>
Set Global Variable	Set Postman global variable value	Set Postman global variable <*Variable> to <*Value>

To execute Postman tests in Certify:

1. Open Certify.
2. Create a Postman application with the Postman interface selected. For more information, see Creating Applications.
3. From the Postman application, create a window named Collection to use for your process steps. For more information, see Creating Windows.

4. From the Worksoft Certify folder, import the Postman map as the version of the Postman application. The file is located in the following folder:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Worksoft\Certify\Interface Client\Worksoft\wsTest\Postman\Postman-csv.map

5. Create a new project named Postman and add the Postman application. For more information, see Creating Projects.

6. In the Postman project, create a Certify process to execute Postman tests. For more information, see Creating Processes and Adding Steps to Processes.

   The process below shows how to point to a Postman collection, pass input data, execute the Postman test, and get the results.

   

7. Run the process to view the returned value in the Interface Return Value column in the Execution dialog.

   

 

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