Global variables in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set a global variable named 'token' with value 'abc123'.

Postman

pm.globals.[1]('token', 'abc123');

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Aclear

Bget

Cunset

Dset

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'get' instead of 'set' to assign a value.

Trying to clear a variable instead of setting it.

Use pm.globals.set to create or update a global variable in Postman.

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medium

Complete the code to retrieve the value of the global variable 'token'.

Postman

const token = pm.globals.[1]('token');

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Aset

Bunset

Cget

Dclear

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'set' instead of 'get' to retrieve a value.

Trying to unset or clear when just reading.

Use pm.globals.get to read the value of a global variable in Postman.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to remove the global variable named 'token'.

Postman

pm.globals.[1]('token');

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Aunset

Bget

Cset

Dclear

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'clear' which removes all variables, not just one.

Using 'set' or 'get' instead of 'unset'.

Use pm.globals.unset to delete a global variable in Postman.

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hard

Fill both blanks to check if the global variable 'token' exists and then remove it.

Postman

if (pm.globals.[1]('token') !== undefined) {
  pm.globals.[2]('token');
}

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Aget

Bset

Cunset

Dclear

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'set' instead of 'get' to check existence.

Using 'clear' which removes all variables instead of one.

First, use get to check if the variable exists. Then use unset to remove it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to update the global variable 'token' by appending '-updated' to its current value.

Postman

const current = pm.globals.[1]('token');
pm.globals.[2]('token', current [3] '-updated');

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Aget

Bset

C+

D-

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-' instead of '+' to join strings.

Trying to set before getting the current value.

Use get to read the current value, set to update it, and + to concatenate strings.