Postman collection import

Postman is a collaboration platform for API development, it makes testing your API easy, for instance by importing open API or swagger definitions.

Warning

Postman exports are usually missing headers like Content-type and some others. Also some items like postman scripts cannot be converted in JMeter/OctoPerf. These elements will have to be added again in OctoPerf but the bulk of your Postman collection will be properly imported.

Import Open API/Swagger

Even if you are not using Postman on a regular basis, it can also be used to import Open API and Swagger definitions, the procedure is available here in their documentation. It can then be exported as a postman collection and imported in OctoPerf thus providing a way to also import these two specifications in OctoPerf.

Export postman collection

To retrieve your Postman requests inside OctoPerf you need to export the collection as a JSON from within Postman. This can be done by right clicking on it and selecting export:

OctoPerf requires the v2.1 JSON Collection format:

You can then proceed to import it inside OctoPerf.

Create Virtual User: Import collection

Import the previously saved .json file on OctoPerf:

Simply drop the file in the JSON area or use the Choose File button. The download starts automatically.

Ad blocker

By default OctoPerf will filter a certain number of URLs based on a few blocklists:

• https://github.com/gieljnssns/Social-media-Blocklists,
• https://www.securiteinfo.com/administration-systeme-et-reseau/outils/ultimate-hosts-blacklist.shtml

Make sure to Disable ad blocker if you prefer to keep everything.