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Stand Up an API Testing Pipeline

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Recipe · 5 steps

Stand Up an API Testing Pipeline

with Postman

Provision a workspace, collection, environment, and a scheduled monitor.

  1. Create the workspace that holds the testing assets.
  2. Create the collection to be tested inside the new workspace.
  3. Create the environment the monitor will run the collection against.
  4. Create a monitor that runs the collection against the environment on the supplied schedule.
  5. Trigger the monitor once to validate the testing pipeline.
What you'll need to have ready
  • workspaceName: The name of the workspace to create.
  • collectionName: The name of the collection to create and test.
  • environmentName: The name of the environment to create.
  • monitorName: The name of the monitor to create.
  • cron: The cron expression for the monitor schedule.
  • timezone: The timezone for the monitor schedule.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow postman:api-testing-pipeline, 5 operations: createWorkspace → $sourceDescriptions.collectionsApi.createCollection → $sourceDescriptions.environmentsApi.createEnvironment → $sourceDescriptions.monitorsApi.createMonitor → $sourceDescriptions.monitorsApi.runMonitor. Specs on APIs.io.