Creating a new collection
To create a new collection, click on the “Add new” button on the collections section and enter the name of the collection. You can also create a sub-collection by clicking on the “Add new” button on the desired collection and entering the name of the sub-collection.Save requests to collections
To add a new request to your collection, you can click on the “Save” button on the request page and select the collection you want to add it to. Click on the drop-down menu next to the save button and click on “Save as” to save the request to a new location.You can also use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl/Cmd + S to save the request to a collection.Organizing collections
You can organize your collections by dragging and dropping them to the desired location. You can also create sub-collections by dragging and dropping a collection into another collection.Editing collections
To edit a collection, click on the “Edit” button on the collection’s options.Adding requests to collections
To add a request to a collection, click on the “New request” button on the collection’s options to save the current request to the collection.Duplicating collections
To duplicate a collection, click on the “Duplicate” button on the collection’s options.Deleting collections
To delete a collection, click on the “Delete” button on the collection’s options.Importing and exporting collections
You can import and export collections from Postdata, OpenAPI, and Postman.Importing collections
To import a collection, click on the “Import” button in the collections section and select the collection type you want to import.Exporting collections
To export a collection, click on the “Export” button on the collection’s options and select the collection type you want to export.Collection Properties
Collection properties enable you to define settings that universally apply to all requests within the collection. Authorization details and headers can be specified at the collection level. Subfolders and individual requests within the collection can either inherit these properties or define their custom authentication and headers. To set collection properties:- Right-click on a collection or a subfolder within a collection to open its properties.
- Specify the authorization and headers that all nested requests or folders should adhere to.
- If a subfolder should inherit the properties of a parent collection, specify the authorization as “inherit” and leave the headers.