How to Integrate Postman With GitHub
One of the benefits of integrating Postman with GitHub is the Backup effect. You can backup your Postman collections to GitHub which is a cloud-based hosting service for Git repositories. When Setting up a GitHub integration with Postman you will need to generate a GitHub personal access token and you can configure how you would like to back up your collections on the platform. Please see how to Trellix ePO On-prem 5.10.0 Service pack 1 Update 3 upgrade.
Here is a YouTube Video showing he steps to integrate Postman into GitHub.
When your API sync with GitHub you will be able to sync your API’s definition and endpoint collections between Postman and GitHub. You will be able to switch branches, pull changes from the repository, and push changes to the repository, all from within Postman.
In this article, I will be showing you How to Integrate Postman with GitHub. You can further read How to Import Data from a Git Repository to Postman How to use Postman for your POST Request, How to Use Postman with the Amazon Pinpoint API, How to use Command-Line on Git Bash and GitHub Desktop to PUSH local code to GitHub.
How to Generate a GitHub personal access token
Before you can integrate Postman with GitHub, you will need a GitHub personal access token.
1. Sign in to GitHub: Even if you already have a personal access token you will still need to generate a new one. You can use Tokens (classic) or Fine-grained tokens.
2. Tokens (classic) – This can provide you quick access to GitHub API.
3. Click on Generate new token and confirm access.
4. when using this route to generate tokens make sure you select the repo and user scopes. You can also add what the token will be used for. Click Generate Token.
5. The token was successfully created. Make sure you copy and save the personal access token, because you will not be able to see it again.
6. Fine-grained tokens – Confirm that the token has access to the repository you want to back up to and has the following Repository permissions: Contents (Read and write) and Metadata (Read-only).
7. How to Back up Collections to GitHub
You can back up your Postman Collection to a GitHub repository and each time you make any changes to the collection on Postman, the change will also appear in the GitHub repository automatically.
From the left pane, you can click on Integrations.
8. Browse Integrations and select GitHub.
9. Next on the Backup a collection, Click on Add Integration.
10. Enter your GitHub Personal Access Token and select Authenticate and Proceed.
11. Add all these details for Integration:
- Give the integration a nickname.
- Select the workspace with the collection you want to back up.
- Select a collection to back up.
- Select the GitHub repository where you want to back up the collection.
- Enter the directory where you want to push the collection.
- Enter the file name of the collection in the Repository.
- Select the branch where you want to push the collection or you create a new branch.
Click Add Integration.
12. The Backup a collection you created will appear here. If you want to create another backup you can click Add Integration.
13. When you check GitHub you will see the “Postman Collections” backup created.
Postman will always check your collection for any changes. If Postman notices any changes when it checks your collection, the changes will automatically be committed to your GitHub Repository in a JSON format.
FAQs relating to Postman integration with GitHub
How do I automate Postman collections?
First, Create a Collection: In Postman, create a collection of the API requests you want to automate.
Second, Add Tests: For each request, add tests in the Tests tab using JavaScript. These tests will validate the responses.
Third, Export the Collection: Click on the collection you created and use the “Export” option to save the collection as a JSON file.
What is the difference between API and collection in Postman?
A Postman Collection is a set of API endpoints or requests. API is the endpoint that is executed and a response is expected.
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