How to store and reuse cookies in Postman?

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CodyBugstein picture CodyBugstein · Dec 1, 2014 · Viewed 10.1k times · Source

I'm using Postman to test and play with an API.

For the login url, the API requires sending a POST request with username and password as fields. I do this, and I get a 200 response with the message that I am logged in.

I then try another request to get user data. However, I get a response that I am not logged in.

I realized this problem is most likely because the cookie that is sent to me when I log in is not included in the next Postman request.

So my question is, how do I save and include cookies for future requests?

Answer

Ashutosh picture Ashutosh · May 10, 2018

Store the cookie value you want to use in a global variable.In Tests tab of login request, write

postman.setGlobalVariable('key', postman.getResponseCookie("cookieName").value);

Pass along with the value in the Headers tab as a cookie in get user request:

Cookie | cookieName={{key}}

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