Advantages of Collections
- Easy APIs import and export: A collection can be imported or exported. Thus it can save time for transferring the requests.
- Request categorization: Requests can be grouped into folders and collections for easy access.
- Passing data among requests: Scripts can be used to pass data between API requests.
- Running collections/folders: You can run individual requests or folders or collections as a whole in the Postman.
- API documentation: Postman provides you with an option to add a name and description to your request, folder, and collections.
- Building Test suits: Test scripts can be added to requests, and integration test suites can be built.
- Time-saving: Setting any variable for collections will automatically apply the same to the folders generated under the collection and requests; thus, it saves time.
What are collections in Postman, and how to use them?
Postman is an Application Programming Interface (API) tool that streamlines the lifecycle of API development and testing efficiently. It can be used to develop, design, document, and test APIs.