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POSTMAN GUIDE

Table of contents

• Environment variables
• FAQ
  • How to export an environment and its environment variables?

Environment variables

With Postman, environment variables are defined within three different scopes:

1. Global: Variables in this scope are accessible globally in Postman.
2. Environment: The variables' value in the scope depends on the selected environment.
3. Collection: The variable is embedded in the collection itself. Any API defined in the collection can access that value.

If you need to export your collection with its variables, the only option is to use Collection variable. If you're using Environment scoped variables, you have to export those variables in a separate JSON file.

FAQ

How to export an environment and its environment variables?

Postman really stuffed up this feature, and the only way to achieve this is through the following twisted steps:

1. Click on the eye icon next to the environment select box on the top right corner.
2. Click the freaking minuscule edit button in the top right corner.
3. Click the Cancel button (of course god damnit! That's definitely the button I would think clicking for an export).
4. Click in download icon next to your environment.