

Updating Postman Native app (Mac, Windows and Linux) This will overwrite your existing data so be a little careful. Bulk importįrom the same area in Postman settings, you can initiate a bulk import from a Postman data dump file. Sign in to your Postman account after you download and start the new native app, and all your history and collections will be automatically synced.Īlternatively, if you don’t want to sign in to your Postman account, you can bulk export your Postman data from the Chrome app, and then bulk import into the new native app.įrom the Postman settings, select the Data tab and click the Download button to export all your collections, environments, globals and header presets to a single dump file. The latest version of the native app also has a built-in console, which allows you to view the network request details for API calls. Previously, users needed to use the Interceptor extension to do this in the Chrome app.

This option exists in the native apps to prevent requests that return a 300-series response from being automatically redirected. The latest versions of the native apps let you send headers like Origin and User-Agent.

With the native apps, you can create collections, switch to history requests, and more. The native apps are not restricted by the Chrome standards for the menu bar. The native apps come with a built-in proxy that you can use to capture network traffic. Unlike the Chrome app, no separate extension ( Interceptor) is needed. The native apps let you work with cookies directly. Postman’s native apps are built on Electron, and overcome a number of restrictions of the Chrome platform.Ī few features exclusive to the native apps are listed here: Cookies Differences between Chrome and native apps Once you’ve downloaded the app, you can launch Postman.
#INSTALL POSTMAN DOWNLOAD#
The download should take a few minutes depending on your internet connection. If you already have Chrome installed, head over to Postman’s page on the Chrome Web Store, and click ‘Add to Chrome’.
#INSTALL POSTMAN INSTALL#
To use the Postman Chrome app, you will first need to install Google Chrome. The Postman Chrome app can only run on the Chrome browser. Read more about why support for the Postman Chrome app is being deprecated. We recommend using the Postman native apps, but Postman is also available as a Chrome app. Check out this guide for installing the Postman app on Ubuntu 16.04.
#INSTALL POSTMAN MAC#
To install Postman, go to the apps page and click Download for Mac / Windows / Linux depending on your platform. Postman is available as a native app for Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems. Installation and updates Installing the Postman app Postman native apps
