Send WebSocket requests with Postman

With Postman, you can debug and test real-time WebSocket APIs. Open a persistent connection, send and receive messages, and see each message as it arrives.

WebSockets offers a bidirectional, full-duplex communications channel that operates over HTTP through a single TCP socket connection. This means the server can independently send data to the client without the client having to request it, and vice versa.

You can create a WebSocket request and use it to send and receive messages across a WebSocket connection. If you haven’t already, download and install the Postman desktop app to get started.

Next steps

To get started with WebSocket, see Create a WebSocket request.