Query parameters in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to add a query parameter named 'user' with value '123' in Postman.

Postman

pm.request.url.addQueryParams({ user: [1] });

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A'123'

B'user'

C'value'

D'param'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the key instead of the value for the parameter.

Forgetting to put quotes around the value.

The value of the query parameter 'user' should be '123', so we put '123' as the value.

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medium

Complete the code to retrieve the value of the query parameter 'page' from the request URL in Postman.

Postman

const page = pm.request.url.query.get([1]);

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A'page'

B'limit'

C'offset'

D'user'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a wrong key name that does not exist in the query parameters.

Not using quotes around the key name.

To get the value of the 'page' query parameter, we pass 'page' as the key to the get() method.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly add a query parameter in Postman.

Postman

pm.request.url.query.add({ key: 'sort', value: [1] });

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Adesc

B'desc'

Csort

D'sort'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing the value without quotes causing a syntax error.

Using the key name as the value.

The value must be a string, so it needs to be in quotes: 'desc'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a query parameter object with key 'filter' and value 'active' in Postman.

Postman

const param = { key: [1], value: [2] };

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A'filter'

B'active'

C'status'

D'inactive'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping key and value.

Forgetting quotes around strings.

The key should be 'filter' and the value should be 'active' as strings.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a query parameter object with key 'category', value 'books', and add it to the request URL in Postman.

Postman

const param = { key: [1], value: [2] };
pm.request.url.query.add([3]);

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A'category'

B'books'

Cparam

D'items'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using strings instead of the param object when adding.

Missing quotes around key or value.

The key is 'category', the value is 'books', and the object param is added to the query parameters.