How to add current datetime in POST API request?

Question

I want the start and end date to be in current datetime. I don't know whether it is possible. I need that because I want to trigger the data everyday using my pipeline.

Answer 1

You can remove "start" and "end" from the body of the request and then using Postman's Pre-request Script section (next to Body), add the following lines:

// Gets current UTC time in the format "yyyy-MM-dd"
const UTCDate = (new Date()).toISOString().split("T")[0];

// Removes manually set values for "start" and "end", if present
pm.request.body.urlencoded.remove(param => param.key === "start" || param.key === "end");
// Adds a parameter "start" set to UTC midnight
pm.request.body.urlencoded.add({ key: "start", value: `${UTCDate}T00:00:00.000Z` });
// Adds a parameter "end" set to just before UTC midnight of the next day
pm.request.body.urlencoded.add({ key: "end", value: `${UTCDate}T23:59:59.999Z` });