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<?php
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = new CkHttp();
$req = new CkHttpRequest();
$req->put_HttpVerb('POST');
$req->put_Path('/import/exported');
$req->put_ContentType('multipart/form-data');
$req->AddParam('','');
$success = $req->AddFileForUpload2('file',' path to file','application/octet-stream');
$req->AddHeader('Expect','100-continue');
$req->AddHeader('X-API-Key','{{postman_api_key}}');
// resp is a CkHttpResponse
$resp = $http->SynchronousRequest('api.getpostman.com',443,true,$req);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
$sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = new CkJsonObject();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(false);
print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";
$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
print $resp->header() . "\n";
print 'Failed.' . "\n";
exit;
}
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "collections": [
// {
// "id": "e956ff02-7597-4f8d-a5e7-1c18208c9e56",
// "name": "Swagger Petstore",
// "uid": "2282-e956ff02-7597-4f8d-a5e7-1c18208c9e56"
// }
// ]
// }
// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jResp->SizeOfArray('collections');
while ($i < $count_i) {
$jResp->put_I($i);
$id = $jResp->stringOf('collections[i].id');
$name = $jResp->stringOf('collections[i].name');
$uid = $jResp->stringOf('collections[i].uid');
$i = $i + 1;
}
?>
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
--form 'type=file'
--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Import exported data",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "multipart/form-data"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "type",
"value": "file",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "file",
"description": "File containing the exported collections or environments",
"type": "file",
"src": [
]
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"import",
"exported"
]
},
"description": "This endpoint allows you to import your exported Postman data.\nFor more information about how you can export your data, refer <a href=\"https://go.postman.co/me/export\">Export your Postman data.</a>\n\nOn successful imports, the response will be an array with Each element contaning `id`, `name` and `uid` of entities created.\n\n**Note**: Refer to examples for different scenarios.\n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Success: Import to a specific workspace with workspace ID passed in the headers",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-Workspace-Id",
"value": "c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605"
},
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "type",
"value": "file",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "file",
"value": "",
"type": "file"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"import",
"exported"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "import_type",
"value": "openapi"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"collections\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"e956ff02-7597-4f8d-a5e7-1c18208c9e56\",\n \"name\": \"Swagger Petstore\",\n \"uid\": \"2282-e956ff02-7597-4f8d-a5e7-1c18208c9e56\"\n }\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Error: Invalid Params",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "type",
"value": "invalid_type",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "input",
"value": "",
"type": "file"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"import",
"exported"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "import_type",
"value": "openapi"
}
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"error\": {\n \"name\": \"invalidParamsError\",\n \"message\": \"The request body has invalid values for the type parameter. Value must be one of file, string, json\",\n \"details\": {\n \"param\": \"type\"\n }\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Success: Import the exported file",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "type",
"value": "file",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "input",
"value": "",
"description": "File containing your exported collections and environments",
"type": "file"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"import",
"exported"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "import_type",
"value": ""
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"collections\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"c74f2169-0c59-49f6-b04f-fdec4aba3db3\",\n \"name\": \"demo\",\n \"uid\": \"2282-c74f2169-0c59-49f6-b04f-fdec4aba3db3\"\n },\n {\n \"id\": \"49b08197-6b3d-4957-88d3-dbba0e3ee6a0\",\n \"name\": \"demo\",\n \"uid\": \"2282-49b08197-6b3d-4957-88d3-dbba0e3ee6a0\"\n }\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Error: Param Missing",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "input",
"value": "",
"type": "file"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"import",
"exported"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "import_type",
"value": "openapi"
}
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"error\": {\n \"name\": \"paramMissingError\",\n \"message\": \"The request body is missing a value for the type parameter. Check your request and try again.\",\n \"details\": {\n \"param\": \"type\"\n }\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Success: Import to a specific workspace with workspace ID passed as a query parameter",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"name": "Content-Type",
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "type",
"value": "file",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "input",
"value": "",
"type": "file"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/import/exported?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"import",
"exported"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "workspace",
"value": "c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605"
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "import_type",
"value": "openapi"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"collections\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"b31be584-1b1e-4444-b581-761edf88fe77\",\n \"name\": \"Swagger Petstore\",\n \"uid\": \"2282-b31be584-1b1e-4444-b581-761edf88fe77\"\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
