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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/import/exported"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddStringForUpload2("","","","","file")
success = req.AddFileForUpload2("file"," path to file","application/octet-stream")
req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")
req.AddHeader("X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.SynchronousRequest("api.getpostman.com",443,True,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' 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
Dim id As String
Dim name As String
Dim uid As String
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("collections")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
id = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].id")
name = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].name")
uid = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].uid")
i = i + 1
End While
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}"
}
]
}
