Dynamic variables allow you to randomly generate values for your Postman requests, e.g. First Name and Company Name.
Postman dynamic variables include:
- Common
- Text, Numbers and Colors
- Internet and IP Addresses
- Names
- Profession
- Phone, Address and Location
- Images
- Finance
- Business
- Catchphrases This is a fun one!
- Databases
- Dates
- Domains, Emails and Usernames
- Files and Directories
- Stores
- Grammar
- Lorem Ipsum
So what is the easiest less difficult way to do this?
Let’s Open Postman.
Create a new request.
For this example, I have a POST request that creates a new user.
I want to generate random values for id, name and email.
As far as an email goes, I will use my Gmail account so I can use the plus sign hack, e.g. GMAIL_USER_NAME+name@gmail.com.
Select the Pre-request Script tab and add the following code:
I create a random name using the Postman dynamic variables for {{$randomFirstName}} and {{$randomLastName}}.
I then remove the space between the name so I can build the email address to make use of my Gmail account.
Select the Body and add the following code:
The {{$guid}} syntax uses Postman’s common dynamic variables.
I add the dynamic variables for name and email using the curly brace syntax.
Run the request, and I receive the following response:
That’s it!
Simple way to create fake data that is a bit meaningful than random numbers and unique identifiers.