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title: Add API requests to Postman Collections
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After you [create a Postman Collection](/docs/collections/use-collections/create-collections/), 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](#about-multi-protocol-collections).
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Learn more about [creating and sending requests](/docs/sending-requests/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](/docs/sending-requests/create-requests/request-basics/) 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:
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* [GraphQL](/docs/sending-requests/graphql/graphql-overview/)
* [gRPC](/docs/sending-requests/grpc/grpc-client-overview/)
* [WebSocket](/docs/sending-requests/websocket/websocket-overview/)
* [Socket.IO](/docs/sending-requests/websocket/create-a-socketio-request/)
* [MQTT](/docs/sending-requests/mqtt-client/mqtt-client-overview/)
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Multi-protocol collections don't support some HTTP collection features, such as creating mock servers and generating tests.