Flow creation in Postman - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test creates a simple API request flow in Postman and verifies the response status code is 200 OK.

Test Code - Postman

Postman

pm.test('Status code is 200', function () {
    pm.response.to.have.status(200);
});

Execution Trace - 4 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts in Postman	Postman app is open with the API request ready	-	PASS
2	Send API request to the server	Postman sends HTTP request to the specified endpoint	-	PASS
3	Receive response from server	Postman receives HTTP response with status code and body	-	PASS
4	Run test script to check status code	Postman executes test script in Tests tab	Verify response status code equals 200	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Response status code is not 200

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What does the test script in Postman verify?

A Response status code is 200

B Response body contains JSON

C Request headers are correct

D Response time is less than 1 second

Key Result

Always verify the response status code in your API tests to ensure the server responded as expected before checking response content.