Different Parameters Available in Newman Using Postman

There are different parameters available in Newman. Newman's command to list down all options is − newman run –h. Options in Newman is grouped into categories listed below −

• Utility

• Basic setup

• Request options

• Other Misc. Options

Utility

• -h, --help – displays usage information.

• -v, --version - displays version number.

Basic Setup

• --folder [name of folder] – points to a folder in Collection for execution.

• -e, --environment [name of file| URL] - points to an Environment in the form of JSON file.

• -d, --iteration-data [file] – mentions a data file to utilize either csv or json.

• -n, --iteration-count [number] – specifies the count of iterations to.

Request Options

• --delay-request [number] – configures delay in milliseconds between requests.

• --timeout-request [number] – configured request timeout in milliseconds for a request.

Other Misc. Options

• --bail – To stop the runner when a test case fails.

• --silent – To paralyze terminal output.

• --color off – To paralyze color output.

• -k, --insecure – To paralyze a strict SSL.

• -x, --suppress-exit-code – To continue execution even on failure, however display exit code is 0.

• --ignore-redirects – By default monitoring of 3XX response is disabled.

• --verbose – Shows information of execution of Collection and its request.

Examples of Newman Common command-line arguments

• To trigger a Collection in an Environment, the command should be, newman run <name of Collection> -e <name of Environment>

• To trigger a Collection for number of iterations, the command should be, newman run <name of Collection> -n <iteration count>

• To trigger a Collection with data file, the command should be, newman run <name of Collection> --data <name of file> -n <iteration count> -e <name of Environment>

• Configure a delay time between requests, the command should be, newman run <name of Collection> -d