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Using the postman I try to test, various scenarios for my APIs. But I have a question, if I have an authentication API, how can I reuse a token?

But I have a question, if I have an authentication API (I don't use any authorization method), it generates a different token for me every time in response (after a POST request), to be used in other APIs, how can I add that token in the environment to be taken automatically and only called in the other APIs?

For example, to be a little more specific: POST Request

{
"username": "test",
"password": "password"
}

Response:

{
"status": 0,
"message": "success"
"token":"zxvnm5yrhd6dfdfd6fd8g56f6teui5AXgGk851"
}

That token needs to be added to other APIs in order to be tested, but I want it to be added automatically, or just to call it, so I don't always have to copy-paste.

And another curiosity, can you give me some recommendations for tutorials, on how to automate the tests in postman, and the alerts/tests to get your results by email?

Solution

  • After successful register, you can set your token variable as an environment variable. For instance, set your variable as {{autToken}} set your value with pm.environment.set("autToken", userData.accessToken); After that, at every other API using that token in your postman tests, set authorization parameters as Bearer token (if your token is bearer token) and give that env variable as a parameter.