Using Flows in Postman

The Flows feature is a relatively new feature in Postman. You can create a flow by going to new and choosing the Flows option.

Figure 8.1 – Creating a New Flow

Usually, the first thing you will want to do with a flow is to add a block.

Figure 8.2 – Add a block to the Flow

Choose the Send Request option and then click anywhere one the canvas to place the block.

Configuring a Send Request Block

You can configure the send request block with the following steps:

1. In the block, you can click on the Add request field and choose a request to that you’ve previously made. Click on that field and from the Linear Workflow collection choose the Create ToDo request.
2. Click on the Add environment field and choose the ToDo Env
3. From the Body Type dropdown choose the JSON option.

You will notice that it has identified that this request relies on the base_url variable. The value of this variable is already being set by the environment that you’ve...