Select custom settings for API requests in Postman

You can configure a variety of settings for your API requests in Postman. These settings enable you to customize Postman's behavior when sending a request. For example, you can turn on SSL certificate validation or turn off URL encoding for a request.

Configure custom request settings

To configure custom settings, select the Settings tab of your request. Each setting provides a description of its effect when sending the request.

When you're done configuring settings, click Send to send the request. Learn more about creating and sending requests in Postman.

Encode your request URLs

Postman parses and encodes your request's URL to help ensure a successful API call. Postman encodes the characters in the URL and maps them to a representation that your API is expected to accept. The Postman URL processor increases the chances that your request will be handled correctly by many different server types.

The processor encodes characters depending on where they occur in the URL:

URL component	Characters to encode
Path	`"` `<` `>` ` `#` `?` `{` `}` `SPACE`
Query	`"` `#` `&` `'` `<` `=` `>` `SPACE`
Userinfo	`"` `<` `>` ` `#` `?` `{` `}` `/` `:` `;` `=` `@` `[` `\` `]` `^` `SPACE`

The processor is turned on by default in Postman, but you can turn off encoding if you're working with an unusual server implementation. To change this setting in your request, select the Settings tab, then turn off Encode URL automatically.