Send a request with the HTTP Request block

You can build a flow that uses a request from your workspace or the Postman API Network. In this tutorial, you’ll create a new flow and use the HTTP Request block to send a request.

Create a new flow

You build flows in a workspace. Workspaces let you organize your API projects and collaborate with your team.

To create a new flow, do the following:

1. Choose an existing workspace or create a new one.
2. Click Flows > More actions > New flow.

Add an HTTP Request block

With an HTTP Request block, you can select a request from your collection or create a new request. In this section, you’ll select an existing request with the HTTP Request block.

To add an HTTP Request block and select a request, do the following:

1. In the sidebar, select your new flow.

2. Click Add blocks > HTTP Request.

   

3. Click Find or create new request. The collections in your workspace appear in a dropdown list.

4. Select a collection, then select a request.

Connect a Display block

When you connect two blocks, you connect one block’s input to another block’s output. Inputs are on the block’s left side and outputs are on its right side.

The Display block shows incoming data, such as the HTTP Request block’s outgoing API response.

To connect a Display block, do the following:

1. Hover over the HTTP Request block’s Success output port. The pointer changes to a crosshair.
2. Decide where on the canvas you want to place the Display block and drag the port to that location.
3. Click Display. If you want to search for the block, enter Display in search.

Run the flow

From the canvas toolbar, click Run.

Congratulations! You sent a request and displayed the response in a Display block.