Integrate Postman test scripts with Jenkins build server

Question

I\'ve downloaded the POSTMAN Chrome app in order to test some Web APIs on my local dev environment.

In addition, I\'ve downloaded the Newman cmd-line utility for Postman

Answer 1

Run command "which newman" in command prommpt. It will return something like - /c/Users/user1/AppData/Roaming/npm/newman

Now use fully qualified path returned by above mentioned command in Jenkins windows batch command box -

c:/Users/user1/AppData/Roaming/npm/newman -c demo.postman_collection.json

Answer 2

Integrate Postman with Jenkins on Windows Machine

Step #1 : Download Jenkins on your local windows machine .

URL to Download Jenkins :-- https://jenkins.io/download/ After successful download enter :- http://localhost:8080 Step #2 : Enter the name of the project and click on Freestyle project and save .

Step #3 : PostmanScriptTest2 job gets created and under source code management >build > click on execute windows batch command.

Step #3: Type in command under Execute Windows batch Command

C:\Users\ashish\AppData\Roaming\npm\newman run https://www.getpostman.com/collections/d231549a4assc77abcdbaf9c674

Click on save and apply.

Step #4: Go to Jenkins Home Page and click on Manage Jenkins

Step #5 : Under manage Jenkins click on configure System .

Step #6 : Under Global Properties > check on environmental variables and enter

Name - PATH

Value - C:\Program Files\Nodejs

Step #7 : Under Shell , shell executable type in C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe and click on save and apply .

Answer 3

Final solution was :

1) Add build step "Execute Windows batch command" and add two lines below:

2) change dir to newman\bin:

  cd \Users\bob\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\newman\bin

3) run node newman as opposed to simply trying to run newman

  node newman -c "C:\\Users\\bob\\Documents\\POSTMAN Files\\Workbench-API-Collection.json"

The two tricky parts were:

1) running newman like this newman -c myCollection.json was not working, as Jenkins could not resolve this node module as it would in a straight Win cmd prompt.

2) Trying to locate the Newman module was difficult, as it's hidden inside %appdata% folder (i.e. c:\users\bob\$appdata$ ).

I hope this helps someone in the future.

good luck.