Use scripts to send requests in Postman

Use the pm.sendRequest method to send a request asynchronously from a Pre-request or Post-response script in HTTP requests. For gRPC scripts, you can use the method in Before invoke, On message, and After response scripts.

This method enables you to run logic in the background if you are carrying out computation or sending multiple requests at the same time without waiting for each to complete. You can avoid blocking issues by adding a callback function so that your code can respond when Postman receives a response. You can then carry out any more processing you need on the response data.

pm.sendRequest

You can pass the pm.sendRequest method a URL string, or you can provide a complete request configuration in JSON including headers, method, body, and more.

The following examples demonstrate use of the pm.sendRequest method:

Examples

Example with a plain string URL:

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try {
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    const response = await pm.sendRequest('https://postman-echo.com/get');
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    console.log(response.json());
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}
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catch (error) {
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    console.log(error)
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}

Example with a full-fledged request:

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const postRequest = {
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  url: 'https://postman-echo.com/post',
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  method: 'POST',
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  header: {
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    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
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    'X-Foo': 'bar'
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  },
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  body: {
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    mode: 'raw',
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    raw: JSON.stringify({ key: 'this is json' })
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  }
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};
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pm.sendRequest(postRequest, (error, response) => {
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  console.log(error ? error : response.json());
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});

Example containing a test:

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pm.sendRequest('https://postman-echo.com/get', (error, response) => {
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  if (error) {
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    console.log(error);
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  }
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  pm.test('response should be okay to process', () => {
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    pm.expect(error).to.equal(null);
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    pm.expect(response).to.have.property('code', 200);
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    pm.expect(response).to.have.property('status', 'OK');
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  });
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});