usingPostman.md

Tips for using Postman

{% include navmenu.html %} This is beyond the scope of the workshop. The following notes may be helpful in configuring your environment. An export of preconfigured envs to work with the official demo and a collection of useful requests, more than the ones used in the tutorial, are available for download

• Env Official DSpace 7 Demo - Anonymous user
• Env Official DSpace 7 Demo - Administrator user
• Env Official DSpace 7 Demo - Submitter user
• Request collection

Create a Collection in Postman

• Click "Edit" on the Collection

Set the following Pre-request Script

Customize the server address, username, and password for your site.

const loginRequest = {
  url: pm.environment.get('dspaceresturl') + "/api/authn/login",
  method: 'POST',
  header: 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
  body: "user="+pm.environment.get('dspaceuser')+"&password="+pm.environment.get('dspacepwd')
};
pm.sendRequest(loginRequest, function (err, response) {
    var s = response.headers.get("Authorization");
    if (s == null) {
        s = "";
    } else {
        s = s.replace(/Bearer /,"");
    }
    pm.environment.set("auth_token", s);
});

Set the following Environment Variable

Create one or more environments with the following variables

• dspaceresturl: http://localhost:8080/spring-rest
• dspaceuser: dspacedemo%2Badmin@gmail.com
• dspacepwd: dspace

Please note that the dspaceuser and dspacepwd must be URLEncoded (i.e. + become %2B). To setup an env for anonymous user simple keep the dspaceuser and dspacepwd empty

Set the following Authorization Value

• Type: Bearer Token
• Token: {% raw %}{{auth_token}}{% endraw %}

In your requests

Set Authorization to "Inherit from Parent" {% include nav.html %}