PATCH request in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the HTTP method to PATCH in Postman.

Postman

pm.request.method = '[1]';

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ADELETE

BGET

CPATCH

DPOST

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using GET or POST instead of PATCH

Misspelling the method name

The HTTP method must be set to PATCH to update part of a resource.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to add a JSON body with a field 'status' set to 'active' for the PATCH request.

Postman

pm.request.body.raw = JSON.stringify({"status": [1] });

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A'active'

B"active"

C'inactive'

D"inactive"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using single quotes inside JSON string which is invalid

Not stringifying the object

The JSON body must have the field status set to the string "active" with double quotes inside the JSON string.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the test script to check if the PATCH response status code is 200.

Postman

pm.test('Status code is 200', function () { pm.response.to.have.status([1]); });

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A"200"

BstatusCode

C'200'

D200

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using quotes around 200 making it a string

Using undefined variables like statusCode

The status code must be a number 200, not a string, for the assertion to work correctly.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set the Content-Type header to application/json for the PATCH request.

Postman

pm.request.headers.add({ key: [1], value: [2] });

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A"Content-Type"

B"application/json"

C"Accept"

D"text/plain"

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using Accept header instead of Content-Type

Setting wrong content type like text/plain

The header key must be "Content-Type" and the value must be "application/json" to indicate JSON data.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to write a test that checks the PATCH response JSON has a 'status' field equal to 'active'.

Postman

pm.test('Response status is active', function () { const jsonData = pm.response.json(); pm.expect(jsonData.[1]).to.eql([2]); pm.expect(pm.response.code).to.equal([3]); });

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Astatus

B"active"

C200

Dmessage

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Checking wrong JSON field

Using single quotes instead of double quotes for JSON string

Checking wrong status code

The test checks the JSON field status equals the string "active" and the response code is 200.