Why variables avoid hardcoding in Postman - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to use a variable instead of hardcoding the URL.

Postman

pm.sendRequest({ url: [1], method: 'GET' }, function (err, res) { pm.test('Status code is 200', function () { pm.expect(res.code).to.eql(200); }); });

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Apm.variables.get('endpoint')

Bpm.environment.get('baseUrl')

Cpm.request.url

D'https://api.example.com/data'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Hardcoding the URL directly as a string.

Using pm.request.url which is the current request URL, not a variable.

Using pm.environment.get('baseUrl') fetches the URL from environment variables, avoiding hardcoding.

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medium

Complete the code to set a variable for the API key instead of hardcoding it.

Postman

pm.environment.set('apiKey', [1]);

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A'12345-ABCDE'

B12345-ABCDE

Cpm.variables.get('apiKey')

Dpm.environment.get('apiKey')

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around the API key string.

Trying to get a variable instead of setting it.

The API key should be set as a string value in environment variables using quotes.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly retrieve a variable value.

Postman

const token = [1]('authToken');

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Apm.environment.get

Bpm.variables.get

Cpm.environment.set

Dpm.request.get

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Common Mistakes

Using pm.environment.set instead of get.

Using pm.request.get which does not exist.

Use pm.environment.get to retrieve the value of 'authToken' from environment variables.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a request using variables for URL and method.

Postman

pm.sendRequest({ url: [1], method: [2] }, function (err, res) { pm.test('Response received', () => { pm.expect(res).to.have.property('code'); }); });

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Apm.environment.get('requestUrl')

B'POST'

C'GET'

Dpm.variables.get('httpMethod')

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using method without quotes.

Using pm.variables.get for URL which is usually in environment variables.

The URL is fetched from environment variable 'requestUrl' and method is set to 'GET' as a string.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to set variables and use them in a request.

Postman

pm.environment.set('userId', [1]);
pm.environment.set('authToken', [2]);
pm.sendRequest({ url: pm.environment.get('baseUrl') + '/user/' + pm.environment.get([3]), method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => { pm.test('User data fetched', () => { pm.expect(res.code).to.eql(200); }); });

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A'7890'

B'token_abc123'

C'userId'

D'authToken'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not quoting string values when setting variables.

Using wrong variable name in pm.environment.get.

Set 'userId' to '7890', 'authToken' to 'token_abc123', and use 'userId' to get the user ID in the URL.