How to add authorization header in POSTMAN environment? - postman

Question

I'm testing bunch of API calls using POSTMAN. Instead of adding authorization header to each request, can I make it as a part of POSTMAN environment? So, I don't have to pass it with every request.

Answer 1

Yes, you can do this through Postman by assigning your header as an environment variable, let's say authorization, as follow:
then set you environment variable with its value as follow:

Answer 2

In contemporary releases of Postman, you can just set your auth on the collection (or folder), and have every request inherit it (which I believe new requests do by default).

Answer 3

postman usually remembers your key-value pairs you send in header. So there is no need to add headers each request. Anyway you can configure a "Preset" with your auth token.

Answer 4

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but we use a link-based API that requires auth headers on each request. If you go to Postman > Preferences > General and enable Retain headers when clicking on links, Postman will pass through your auth headers to the child links.
Hope that helps!

Answer 5

If you can't wait here is a work around I just made:
Export your collection (data format v2.1)
Open firefox , dev tools, scratch pad
Paste the code below
Replace the header information with your header
Replace the var a with your contents of the exported .json file
Run the script
The copy(b) command will put the new data with in your clipboard
In postman, click import > Paste Raw Text > Import > as a copy.
Verify your requests have your header, and run it :)
var myHeader = {
"key": "X-Client-DN",
"value": "{{Postman-DN}}",
"description": "The User's DN Interacting with the system."
};
function addHeader(obj, header) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty('request')) {
obj.request.header.push(myHeader)
}
if (obj.hasOwnProperty('item')) {
obj.item.forEach(function(element) {
element = addHeader(element, header);
});
}
return obj;
}
var a = {
"item": [{}, {
"request": {
"header": []
}
}, {
"item": [{
"request": {
"header": []
}
}]
}]
}
var b = addHeader(a, myHeader);
console.log(JSON.stringify(b, null, 2))
// Might have to run copy manually on console
//copy(b);