📮 Postman Flashcards
🔍 What is Postman?
Postman is an API testing tool that allows users to send requests and view responses easily.
📦 What is a Postman collection?
A collection is a group of saved API requests that can be organized and executed together.
⚙️ What are environment variables?
Environment variables store dynamic values (like base URLs or tokens) for use in requests.
🧪 How can you write tests in Postman?
Postman allows JavaScript-based test scripts to validate responses, run assertions, and set conditions.
📤 What is a POST request used for?
A POST request is used to send data to a server, typically to create or update a resource.
📄 What is the purpose of the Pre-request Script?
It allows you to run JavaScript before a request is sent — useful for setting headers, tokens, etc.
🔐 How is authentication handled in Postman?
Postman supports various auth methods like Bearer Token, Basic Auth, OAuth 2.0, etc.
📂 What is a workspace?
A workspace is a shared or personal space where you can organize collections, environments, and APIs.
📊 What is the Postman Monitor?
Monitors allow scheduled execution of collections to test APIs regularly and receive alerts.
🧾 What is Newman?
Newman is a command-line companion for Postman that lets you run collections in CI/CD pipelines.
🔁 What are iterations in Postman tests?
Iterations allow running a request multiple times with different data from a CSV or JSON file.
🧪 What are assertions?
Assertions are test statements written in JavaScript to validate parts of a response (status, body, headers, etc.).