Postman Collections Complete Guide

Overview

This guide focuses on Postman Collections, detailing how to build organized, reusable, and testable API collections. It covers topics from folder architecture, variables, and scripts to Collection Runner workflows, scheduled runs, Collection v3, and Native Git integration. The PDF aids both beginners and experienced users. Beginners can follow the guide sequentially, while experienced users can navigate directly to specific sections like scripts, Runner workflows, scheduled execution, Postman CLI, Collection v3, Native Git, or advanced collection architecture for immediate insights.

Table of contents

1. What a Postman Collection Really Is
2. When to Create a New Collection
3. Create a Collection
4. Collection Overview
5. Naming Collections
6. Folder Architecture
7. Organize by Resource vs Scenario
8. Request Naming Inside Collections
9. Request Order
10. Autosave and Change Discipline
11. Collection-level Authorization
12. Folder-level Authorization
13. Request-level Auth Override
14. Collection Variables
15. Collection Variable Local and Shared Values

Who this resource is for

• API Tester