How to perform Postman Source Installation on ubuntu 18.04
Postman Source Installation on Ubuntu 18.04
Postman is the only complete API development environment, for API developers. Postman is available as a native app for mac OS, Windows, and Linux operating systems. In this article, you will be briefed about the method Postman Source Installation on Ubuntu 18.04.
Installation
Download the postman package by using wget command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz
--2019-03-11 05:09:35-- https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64
Resolving dl.pstmn.io (dl.pstmn.io)... 54.192.216.215, 54.192.216.246, 54.192.216.84, ...
Connecting to dl.pstmn.io (dl.pstmn.io)|54.192.216.215|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 71372679 (68M) [application/gzip]
Saving to: ‘postman.tar.gz’
postman.tar.gz 100%[=========================================================>] 68.07M 1.12MB/s in 2m 2s
2019-03-11 05:11:39 (570 KB/s) - ‘postman.tar.gz’ saved [71372679/71372679]
Extract the download file following location by using tar command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# tar -zxvf postman.tar.gz -C /opt/
Postman/
Postman/Postman
Postman/app/
Postman/app/LICENSES.chromium.html
Postman/app/icudtl.dat
Postman/app/libnode.so
Postman/app/LICENSE
Postman/app/snapshot_blob.bin
Postman/app/version
Postman/app/libffmpeg.so
Postman/app/natives_blob.bin
Postman/app/locales/
Postman/app/locales/da.pak.
.
.
.
Postman/app/resources/app/services/loginUtils.js
Postman/app/resources/app/services/AuthHandler.js
Postman/app/resources/app/services/OAuth2WindowManager.js
Postman/app/resources/app/services/OAuth2TokenRequester.js
Postman/app/resources/app/services/AutoUpdaterService.js
Postman/app/resources/app/plugins/
Postman/app/resources/app/plugins/prepackedPlugins.json
Postman/app/resources/app/plugins/postman.openApi.zip
Create a soft link for command alias.
root@linuxhelp1:~# ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman
Just type postman from terminal.
root@linuxhelp1:~# postman
Gtk-Message: 05:13:19.954: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
1552261406582 main info ["Booting Postman 6.7.4, linux-4.15.0-13-generic on x64"]
1552261406584 main info ["EventBus\\x7einitialize - Success"]
1552261406813 main info ["UpdateHandler\\x7einit - Success"]
1552261406815 main info ["RuntimeExecutionService\\x7einitialized
Now Postman application getting from desktop now you can able to use the application.
Q
How to check for Postman updates in command line?
A
check the postman update by using command line: 'sudo postman-updater check'.
Q
How to send cURL request in postman application?
A
open the postman application, paste the curl command on "import" tab on the upper left side.
Q
How to add cookies on postman application?
A
Go to the google.com domain in the manager and click Add Cookie. A new text box will open up where it will have some values already written.
Q
How to do send a postman request?
A
Enter postman-echo.com/get into the URL field. Click the Send button to send your request. Note the JSON data response from the server.
Q
How to extract the Postman zip file on Ubuntu?
A
If the unzip command isn't already installed on your system, then run 'sudo apt-get install unzip'. After installing the unzip utility, you can use the following command : 'unzip file.zip -d Postman.tar'.