Convert Postman Collection to Cypress API Tests

2026-07-17 · By Avinash K

Teams standardising on Cypress for both UI and API testing want their Postman work migrated once — cleanly. Here is the workflow.

Export the collection v2.1 and use the Postman → Code Converter with target "Cypress". Each folder becomes a describe; each request an it.

describe('Orders API', () => {
  it('creates an order', () => {
    cy.request({
      method: 'POST',
      url: `${Cypress.env('baseUrl')}/orders`,
      headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${Cypress.env('token')}` },
      body: { productId: 42, qty: 2 },
    }).then((res) => {
      expect(res.status).to.eq(201);
      expect(res.body.status).to.eq('created');
    });
  });
});

Postman env       Cypress
baseUrl           Cypress.env('baseUrl')
token             Cypress.env('token')

Set them in cypress.config.js under env: or via --env flag.

Log in via API in a before(), seed data via cy.request, then drive UI with cy.visit. Way faster than UI-only login for every test.