POST request in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

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

Postman

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

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APOST

BGET

CPUT

DDELETE

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Common Mistakes

Using GET instead of POST

Using PUT or DELETE which are different HTTP methods

The HTTP method must be set to POST to send data to the server.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to add a JSON body to the POST request in Postman.

Postman

pm.request.body.raw = JSON.stringify([1]);

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A{name: "John"}

B'name: "John"'

C{"name": "John"}

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing a string that is not valid JSON

Using single quotes instead of double quotes in JSON

The body must be a valid JSON string. Using JSON.stringify on a JSON object literal is correct.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in setting the Content-Type header for a JSON POST request.

Postman

pm.request.headers.add({key: 'Content-Type', value: '[1]'});

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Aapplication/xml

Bapplication/json

Ctext/plain

Dmultipart/form-data

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Common Mistakes

Using 'application/xml' or 'text/plain' for JSON data

Omitting the Content-Type header

The Content-Type header must be application/json to indicate JSON data is sent.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to correctly check the POST response status and parse JSON body in Postman test script.

Postman

pm.test('Status code is [1]', () => {
  pm.response.to.have.status([2]);
});

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A200

B201

Cpm.response.json()

Dpm.response.code

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Common Mistakes

Checking for status 200 instead of 201 for POST

Using response body parsing instead of status code check here

For a successful POST, status code 201 (Created) is expected. The test checks if response has status 201.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to extract a field from JSON response and assert its value in Postman test script.

Postman

const responseData = pm.response.[1]();
pm.test('Check user name', () => {
  pm.expect(responseData.[2]).to.eql('[3]');
});

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Ajson

Bbody

Cname

Dusername

EJohn

Fjohn_doe

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using pm.response.body() which returns raw text

Checking wrong field name or value

Use pm.response.json() to parse JSON response. Then check the name field equals 'John'.