Variable assignment in flows in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to assign a variable named userId with the value 12345 in Postman script.

Postman

pm.variables.set('userId', [1]);

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A"userId"

B12345

C'12345'

DuserId

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the string value.

Using variable name instead of value.

In Postman scripts, to assign a string value to a variable, you must put the value in quotes. So '12345' is correct.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to retrieve the variable sessionToken from Postman environment variables.

Postman

const token = pm.environment.get([1]);

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AsessionToken

B'sessionToken'

C"token"

Dtoken

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around the variable name.

Using a different variable name.

When getting a variable in Postman, the variable name must be a string, so it needs quotes.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly set a global variable count to 10.

Postman

pm.globals.set('count', [1]);

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A10

B"count"

C'10'

Dcount

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting numbers inside quotes making them strings.

Using variable name instead of value.

Global variables can hold numbers directly without quotes. Using 10 sets the number correctly.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a local variable status with value active and then retrieve it.

Postman

pm.variables.set([1], [2]);
const currentStatus = pm.variables.get('status');

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A'status'

B'active'

Cstatus

Dactive

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes for variable name or value.

Using variable names without quotes.

Variable names and string values must be in quotes. So 'status' and 'active' are correct.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set an environment variable userRole to admin, then get it and check if it equals admin.

Postman

pm.environment.set([1], [2]);
const role = pm.environment.get('userRole');
pm.test('Role is admin', () => pm.expect(role).to.eql([3]));

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A'userRole'

B'admin'

C"admin"

Dadmin

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not quoting variable names or values.

Using unquoted values in the test assertion.

Variable names and string values must be quoted. For the test assertion, double quotes or single quotes work, here double quotes are used.