Add API requests to Postman Collections

After you create a Postman Collection, you can use it to save and organize API requests. Use any of the methods below to add requests to a collection. You can add HTTP requests to a collection, or you can add requests that use other protocols to a multi-protocol collection.

Learn more about creating and sending requests.

Add a request to an empty collection

1. Select the collection in the sidebar.

2. Click or Add a request.

   

Save a new request to a collection

1. Open a new request and click Save.

2. Enter a name for the request.

3. Select the collection you want to save the request to.

   To create a new collection to save the request to, click New Collection.

4. Click Save.

Create a new request inside a collection

1. In the sidebar, click View more actions next to a collection.
2. Click Add request.

Save a request from your history to a collection

1. Click History in the sidebar.
2. Right-click the request and click Save Request.
3. Select the collection you want to save the request to. To create a new collection to save the request to, click New Collection.
4. Click Save.

Move an existing request to a different collection

1. In the sidebar, select the request you want to move. You can hold ⌘ or Ctrl to select multiple requests.
2. Drag the request into another collection.

You can also open the request and select Save > Save as, then select the collection you want to move it to.

About multi-protocol collections

You can add non-HTTP requests, such as GraphQL and gRPC requests, to collections. Because these requests have different features than HTTP requests, when they’re added to a collection, the collection becomes a multi-protocol collection.

Multi-protocol collections can’t contain HTTP requests. They can only contain requests with the following protocols:

• GraphQL
• gRPC
• WebSocket
• Socket.IO
• MQTT

Multi-protocol collections don’t support some HTTP collection features, such as creating mock servers and generating tests.