Creating collections in Postman - Test Execution Walkthrough

Test Overview

This test checks if a new collection can be created successfully in Postman. It verifies that the collection appears in the workspace after creation.

Test Code - Selenium

Postman

import unittest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

class TestPostmanCreateCollection(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.driver.get('https://web.postman.co/workspace')
        # Assume user is already logged in for simplicity

    def test_create_collection(self):
        driver = self.driver
        wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

        # Click on 'New' button
        new_button = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'button[aria-label="New"]')))
        new_button.click()

        # Select 'Collection' from the new items
        collection_option = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//button[contains(text(), "Collection")]')))
        collection_option.click()

        # Enter collection name
        name_input = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'input[placeholder="Enter collection name"]')))
        collection_name = 'Test Collection'
        name_input.send_keys(collection_name)

        # Click 'Create' button
        create_button = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//button[contains(text(), "Create")]')))
        create_button.click()

        # Verify collection appears in sidebar
        sidebar_collection = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, f'//span[text()="{collection_name}"]')))
        self.assertEqual(sidebar_collection.text, collection_name)

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Execution Trace - 6 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and browser opens Postman workspace URL	Browser shows Postman workspace page, user logged in	-	PASS
2	Finds and clicks 'New' button	'New' button is visible and clickable	-	PASS
3	Finds and clicks 'Collection' option from new items	Collection creation modal opens	-	PASS
4	Finds collection name input and enters 'Test Collection'	Input field contains 'Test Collection'	-	PASS
5	Finds and clicks 'Create' button	Modal closes, collection creation triggered	-	PASS
6	Waits for new collection named 'Test Collection' to appear in sidebar	Sidebar shows 'Test Collection'	Verify sidebar collection name equals 'Test Collection'	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Collection creation modal does not open or collection name input not found

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What is the first action performed after opening the Postman workspace?

A Click the 'Create' button

B Enter collection name

C Click the 'New' button

D Verify collection in sidebar

Key Result

Always wait explicitly for elements to be visible or clickable before interacting to avoid flaky tests.