postmanlabs / postmanlabs/postman-code-generators

Generate Postman Script from current request, to make HTTP calls

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I always find myself googling how to write postman script to make http calls, and then modify it with my parameters [...]

Describe the solution you'd like
If postman can generate postman script of the current/chosen request then I can just copy paste it in pre-request scripts etc.

Additional context
Let me know if I can contribute to it.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by reading the repository's existing code generators and how they receive a current Postman request; define the generated pre-request script format and verify that it preserves the request's parameters and can be copied into Postman for HTTP calls.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, postman
Domain
api, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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