postman-to-cypress v1.0.3-Canary.1

Postman to Cypress Converter

This tool converts Postman collections and environments into Cypress test files. It reads a Postman collection and environment JSON file, processes the items and variables, and generates Cypress test files in a specified output directory.

Features

• Converts Postman collections to Cypress tests
• Saves the converted environment variables to a cypress.env.json file.
• Resolves environment variables in requests
• Supports custom output directories and file naming conventions.

Usage

Prepping your collection and environment files

DON'Ts

!CAUTION

• Nesting of collections into multiple directory as shown below
• Naming request as endpoint complete path or uri
• Refrain from complex request chaining

folder
├── folder
│   ├── collection
│   └── collection
└── folder
    ├── collection
    ├── collection
    └── folder
        ├── collection
        ├── collection
        ├── collection
        └── folder
            ├── collection
            ├── collection
            └── collection

DOs

!TIP

• Nest collection in the single directory/folder as shown below
• Name request/collection as intended functionality wish

folder (testsuite name: "Suite for Sales Endpoint")
├── collection (testcase name: "Get Address")
├── collection
└── collection

Converting Postman Collection/Environment to Cypress Test/Cypress.env.json

:coffee: Installation

npm i -g postman-to-cypress

:point_right: Help

pcy -h

:point_right: To Convert Collection/Collection Variables

pcy convert -c /user/collection -cy

:point_right: To Convert Collection/Collection Variables and Providing a Directory

pcy convert -c /user/collection -cy --output [directory]

:point_right: To Convert Collection with Default Output Directory (Cypress/Integration)

pcy convert -c /user/collection -e /user/environment -cy

:point_right: To Convert Collection and Providing a Directory

pcy convert -c /user/collection -e /user/environment -cy --output [directory]

:point_right: To Generate Cypress.env.json from Environment File

pcy generate-env -e /user/environment --output [directory]

For more information on how to use Cypress.env() for API testing see

Contribution guidelines for this project

Requirements

• Node.js (>= 20.x)
• npm (>= 10.x)

License

postman-to-cypress is MIT Licensed