Local variables in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

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

Postman

pm.variables.set('[1]', 'abc123');

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Atoken

BglobalToken

Cenvironment

Dcollection

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Common Mistakes

Using environment or collection instead of local variable name.

Confusing local variables with global variables.

The local variable name should be 'token' to store the value locally within the request.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to get the value of a local variable named 'sessionId'.

Postman

const session = pm.variables.get('[1]');

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Atoken

BuserId

Cauth

DsessionId

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong variable names like 'token' or 'auth'.

Trying to get environment or global variables instead of local.

To retrieve a local variable, use pm.variables.get with the exact variable name, here 'sessionId'.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly set a local variable 'userName' with value 'Alice'.

Postman

pm.variables.[1]('userName', 'Alice');

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Aunset

Bget

Cset

Dclear

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using pm.variables.get instead of set for assignment.

Using unset or clear which do not assign values.

To assign a value to a local variable, use pm.variables.set method.

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hard

Fill both blanks to check if a local variable 'count' exists and then delete it.

Postman

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

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Aget

Bset

Cunset

Dclear

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Common Mistakes

Using pm.variables.set instead of get for checking existence.

Using clear instead of unset to delete variable.

Use pm.variables.get to check if 'count' exists, and pm.variables.unset to delete it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a local variable 'status' with value 'active', then retrieve it and check if it equals 'active'.

Postman

pm.variables.[1]('status', 'active');
const currentStatus = pm.variables.[2]('status');
if (currentStatus [3] 'active') {
  console.log('Status is active');
}

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Aset

Bget

C===

D!=

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using != instead of === for comparison.

Using get to assign or set to retrieve.

First, set the variable with pm.variables.set, then get it with pm.variables.get, and compare using === for equality.