Send Postman Monitor results to Slack

Postman Monitors enable you to continuously check the health and performance of your APIs. You can integrate Postman with Slack to automatically send monitor results to a channel in Slack. Each time the monitor runs, you’ll get a notification in Slack with the results. It’s recommended that you set up Slack notifications when you configure a monitor. Alternatively, you can set up Slack notifications when you set up a Postman Monitor integration.

Configure monitors to send results to Slack

You can connect a Slack channel when you create a new monitor or when you edit an existing monitor.

To send Postman Monitor results to Slack from Monitors, do the following:

1. Click Monitors in the sidebar, then click Create new monitor.
2. When you configure your new monitor, under Notifications, select the Notify a team channel checkbox.
3. Click Connect Slack channel.
4. A browser tab opens asking you to sign in to Slack. Click Continue, then enter your workspace URL and sign in with your email or SSO.
5. Click Allow to give Postman permission to view content and perform actions in Slack. Close the tab to continue in Postman.
6. From the Postman Monitors page, under Notifications, select a Slack workspace and a Slack channel in which to receive notifications.
7. Choose whether to receive notifications for every completed run or after three consecutive failures and a successful run after the failures.
8. You’ll receive a confirmation message in the selected Slack channel once the connection is established.

After connecting the Slack channel, Postman sends monitor results based on the selected settings.

Configure an integration to send monitor results to Slack

This integration works with monitors. Before you begin, make sure you’ve created at least one monitor.

To send Postman Monitor results to Slack from the Integrations page, do the following:

1. From the Home page, click Integrations in the left sidebar.

2. Click Browse All Integrations.

3. Search for and select Slack.

4. Next to Post monitoring results, click Add Integration.

   

5. A browser tab opens asking you to sign in to Slack. Click Continue, then enter your workspace URL and sign in with your email or SSO.

   If someone on your team created an installed app for Slack, a message and green checkmark let you know you’re already authenticated with your Slack workspace. You don’t need to sign in or review permissions. If you want to connect to a different Slack workspace, click the link.

6. Click Allow to give Postman permission to view content and perform actions in Slack. Close the tab to continue in Postman.

7. Enter the following on the Add integration window:

   • Nickname - A nickname for your integration.
   • Select a Workspace - The workspace with your monitor.
   • Monitor - The monitor that will send its results to Slack.
   • Channel name - The Slack channel to send the monitor’s results to.
   • Configure when monitor runs must be notified - Select if you want notifications for all completed monitor runs, or for three failed monitor runs in a row and then the next successful monitor run.
   • Add Slack for your team - Select this checkbox to add an installed app for Slack. Other team members can use the installed app to add an integration without having to authorize with Slack.

8. Click Add Integration.

After configuring the integration, Postman sends the monitor results to the Slack channel you specified each time your monitor runs.

You can view your configured integrations on the Browse Integrations page. You can also view integrations that have been configured for a monitor by opening the monitor and clicking Monitor details in the right sidebar. Learn more about viewing or editing integrations.