Inheriting auth from collection in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the request to inherit authentication from the collection.

Postman

pm.request.auth = [1];

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Apm.request.auth.inheritFromCollection()

Bpm.request.auth = null

C{ type: 'inherit' }

D{ type: 'noauth' }

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using null instead of the inherit object

Trying to call a non-existent function inheritFromCollection

Setting auth type to 'noauth' which disables authentication

To inherit authentication from the collection in Postman scripts, set pm.request.auth to { type: 'inherit' }.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to check if the current request is inheriting auth from the collection.

Postman

if (pm.request.auth && pm.request.auth.type === [1]) {
    console.log('Inheriting auth');
}

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A'noauth'

B'basic'

C'apikey'

D'inherit'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Checking for 'noauth' which means no authentication

Using 'apikey' or 'basic' which are specific auth types

The type property is 'inherit' when the request inherits authentication from the collection.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly inherit auth from the collection.

Postman

pm.request.auth = [1];
// Incorrect: pm.request.auth = 'inherit';

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A{ type: 'inherit' }

B'inherit'

Cnull

D{ type: 'noauth' }

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Assigning a string instead of an object

Using null which disables auth

Using 'noauth' which disables auth

The auth property must be an object with a type property set to 'inherit', not a string.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set the request to inherit auth and then verify it.

Postman

pm.request.auth = [1];
if (pm.request.auth.type === [2]) {
    console.log('Auth inherited');
}

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A{ type: 'inherit' }

B'inherit'

C'noauth'

D{ type: 'noauth' }

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing object and string types

Checking for 'noauth' instead of 'inherit'

Set auth to { type: 'inherit' } and check if pm.request.auth.type equals 'inherit'.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set inheritance, check type, and log a message.

Postman

pm.request.auth = [1];
if (pm.request.auth.type === [2]) {
    console.log([3]);
}

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A{ type: 'inherit' }

B'inherit'

C'Authentication inherited successfully'

D'Auth disabled'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Logging the wrong message

Using wrong auth type or object

Confusing 'noauth' with 'inherit'

Set auth to inherit, check the type string, and log a success message.