Postman Process Automater

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  View of the Postman Process Automator tool as seen by a user without a Postman account who is exploring useful collections.

Inspiration

Many long hours spent writing hard-coded programs to execute sets of ordered API calls for inter-system endpoint coordination or system diagnostics.

What it does

Postman Process Automator generates API request sequence automation scripts by passively observing the user's activity in the Postman suite as they use their APIs built with the Postman tool set.

How we built it

First, a back-end service built with ExpressJS and MongoDB was built to record the request sequences and generate the Python automation script. Next, the Postman scripting and environment tool sets were used to build functionality which observes and replicates user-specified requests as the requests exit the Postman suite. Finally, a Postman collection was constructed to enable simple tool usage and interactions with the back-end service so that the user does not have to leave the Postman Suite to use the tool.

Challenges we ran into

Integrating the back-end service with the Postman functionalities required lots of testing as Postman's simplified tool sets are less complex and easier to use than typical back-end programming.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we learned

The powerful yet simple-to-use tool set offered by the Postman suite.

What's next for Postman Process Automater

An open source project where various developers can contribute to the growth of the system's functionality.

Built With

• javascript
• linux
• mongodb
• postman
• python