RequestAuth

RequestAuth

new RequestAuth(options, parentopt)

A Postman Auth definition that comprehensively represents different types of auth mechanisms available.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
options RequestAuth.definition

Pass the initial definition of the Auth.

parent Property | PropertyList <optional>

optionally pass the parent of this auth. aides variable resolution.

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Example

Creating a request with two auth data and one selected

var auth = new RequestAuth({
  type: 'digest',

  basic: [
    { key: "username", value: "postman" },
    { key: "password", value: "secrets" }
  ],
  digest: [
    { key: "nonce", value: "aef54cde" },
    { key: "realm", value: "items.x" }
  ]
});

// change the selected auth
auth.use('basic');

Extends

Members

disabled :Boolean

This (optional) flag denotes whether this property is disabled or not. Usually, this is helpful when a property is part of a PropertyList. For example, in a PropertyList of Headers, the ones that are disabled can be filtered out and not processed.

Type:
  • Boolean
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id :String

The id of the property is a unique string that identifies this property and can be used to refer to this property from relevant other places. It is a good practice to define the id or let the system auto generate a UUID if one is not defined for properties that require an id.

Type:
  • String
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name :String

A property can have a distinctive and human-readable name. This is to be used to display the name of the property within Postman, Newman or other runtimes that consume collection. In certain cases, the absence of name might cause the runtime to use the id as a fallback.

Type:
  • String
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Methods

(static) isValidType(type) → {Boolean}

Determines whether an authentication type name is valid or not

Parameters:
Name Type Description
type String
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Returns:
Type
Boolean

clear(type)

Clears the definition of an auth type.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
type String
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describe(content, typeopt)

This function allows to describe the property for the purpose of detailed identification or documentation generation. This function sets or updates the description child-property of this property.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
content String

The content of the description can be provided here as a string. Note that it is expected that if the content is formatted in any other way than simple text, it should be specified in the subsequent type parameter.

type String <optional>
"text/plain"

The type of the content.

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Example

Add a description to an instance of Collection

 var Collection = require('postman-collection').Collection,
    mycollection;

// create a blank collection
myCollection = new Collection();
myCollection.describe('Hey! This is a cool collection.');

console.log(myCollection.description.toString()); // read the description

findInParents(property, customizeropt) → {*|undefined}

Tries to find the given property locally, and then proceeds to lookup in each parent, going up the chain as necessary. Lookup will continue until customizer returns a truthy value. If used without a customizer, the lookup will stop at the first parent that contains the property.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
property String
customizer function <optional>
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Returns:
Type
* | undefined

forEachParent(options, iterator)

Invokes the given iterator for every parent in the parent chain of the given element.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options Object

A set of options for the parent chain traversal.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Default Description
withRoot Boolean <optional>
<nullable>
false

Set to true to include the collection object as well.

iterator function

The function to call for every parent in the ancestry chain.

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To Do:
  • Cache the results

meta() → {*}

Returns the meta keys associated with the property

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Returns:
Type
*

parameters() → {VariableList}

Returns the parameters of the selected auth type

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Returns:
Type
VariableList

parent() → {*|undefined}

Returns the parent of item

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Returns:
Type
* | undefined

toJSON()

Returns the JSON representation of a property, which conforms to the way it is defined in a collection. You can use this method to get the instantaneous representation of any property, including a Collection.

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update(options, typeopt)

Update the parameters of a specific authentication type. If none is provided then it uses the one marked as to be used.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
options VariableList | Array | Object
type String <optional>
this.type
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use(type, options)

Sets the authentication type to be used by this item.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
type String
options VariableList | Array | Object

note that options set here would replace all existing options for the particular auth

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Type Definitions

definition

This defines the definition of the authentication method to be used.

Properties:
Name Type Attributes Description
type String <optional>

The Auth type to use. Check the names in AuthTypes

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Example

Sample auth definition for Basic Auth

{
  "type": "basic",
  "basic": [
    { "key": "username", "value": "postman" },
    { "key": "password", "value": "secrets" }
  ]
}