Testing is a critical part of the API development process. You can create a collection that contains your API tests and link it to your API. You can also integrate your API with supported Continuous Integration (CI) tools.
You can connect a test collection (a collection containing API tests) to an API you've defined in the Postman API Builder.
To add a test collection to an API, do the following:
Select APIs in the sidebar and select an API.
Select Test and Automation.
Next to Collections, select + and select an option:
For more information on how to write API tests, see Write API test scripts in Postman.
After adding a test collection, you can run the collection to test your API and view test results.
To run a test collection for an API, do the following:
To remove a test collection from an API, select the delete icon next to the collection.
Postman integrates with some of the most widely used continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools. After you set up CI integration for your API, you can view the status of builds or start a new build, all from within Postman. You can also run API tests created in Postman as part of your CI pipeline.
To set up a CI integration for an API, do the following:
To learn more about how CI integrations work, and for detailed configuration steps, see CI integrations.
Last modified: 2022/10/05
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