Delay between requests in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to add a delay of 2 seconds between requests in Postman using JavaScript.

Postman

setTimeout(function() { pm.sendRequest(request, function (err, res) { console.log(res); }); }, [1]);

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A2000

B2

C20

D0.2

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using seconds directly instead of milliseconds.

Using decimal values like 0.2 which are too short.

The setTimeout function expects the delay in milliseconds. 2000 milliseconds equals 2 seconds.

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medium

Complete the code to pause the test script for 1 second before sending the next request in Postman.

Postman

pm.test('Pause for 1 second', function(done) { setTimeout(done, [1]); });

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A100

B1000

C10

D5000

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 100 instead of 1000, which causes only 0.1 second delay.

Using too long delays like 5000 milliseconds unintentionally.

The done callback is called after the delay. 1000 milliseconds equals 1 second.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly delay the request by 3 seconds in Postman.

Postman

setTimeout(() => pm.sendRequest(request, (err, res) => { console.log(res); }), [1]);

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A3

B300

C3000

D30

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using seconds directly instead of milliseconds.

Using 300 which is only 0.3 seconds.

The delay must be in milliseconds. 3000 milliseconds equals 3 seconds.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a function that delays a request by a given number of seconds in Postman.

Postman

function delayRequest(seconds) { setTimeout(() => pm.sendRequest(request, (err, res) => { console.log(res); }), [1] * [2]); }

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A1000

Bseconds

Cms

Ddelay

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using undefined variables like ms or delay.

Not multiplying seconds by 1000.

The delay in setTimeout is milliseconds, so multiply seconds by 1000.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a reusable delay function and use it to delay a request by 5 seconds in Postman.

Postman

function [1](s) { return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, s * [2])); }

async function sendDelayedRequest() {
  await [3](5);
  pm.sendRequest(request, (err, res) => { console.log(res); });
}

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Adelay

B1000

Dwait

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using async/await correctly.

Using incorrect function names or missing multiplication by 1000.

The function delay returns a promise that resolves after the given seconds multiplied by 1000 milliseconds. The async function awaits this delay before sending the request.