How to Speed Up API Testing with Postman AI

As a tester focused on improving API testing efficiency, I recently set out to explore how Postman Postbot could streamline testing workflows.

To evaluate Postbot’s capabilities, I selected a public API with CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, including Swagger documentation.

For this purpose, I chose Trello, a visual project management tool that helps organize tasks in Kanban-style and is widely used for both personal and large projects.

Trello has pretty detailed API documentation: Trello API Documentation
So it’s good to demonstrate the capabilities of Postman Postbot for API testing.

Below, I share my experience with Postbot and insights into how it can boost tester productivity, especially for those new to API testing.

Setting Up Postbot for API Testing

To explore Postbot’s capabilities, I manually created a Postman collection with basic requests for Trello’s API.

My collection included the following endpoints to cover basic CRUD operations:

• Get Boards
• Create List: “TO DO”
• Create Card: “Task 1”
• Update Card: “Task 2”
• Update List: “INBOX”
• Delete Card: “Task 2”

Steps to Use Postbot

1. Manually create a collection and add requests to it.
2. Send the request and after receiving the response activate Postbot.
3. Ask Postbot to generate test scripts.
4. Customize generated test scripts.

Below is the video where I share my experience using Postman Postbot to enhance API testing efficiency.
It covers the setup process, key capabilities, and limitations of Postbot.

What Postbot Can Do and What Can’t Do

Time Efficiency Considerations

Final Takeaways

In summary, Postbot is a helpful tool for improving tester efficiency, especially for:

• non-experienced with programming or JS users
• for big requests collection library

Strengths of Postbot

• good at automating repetitive tasks, such as basic tests generation
• simplifies data extraction from response bodies for use in subsequent tests

Limitations of Postbot

• users need to create the collection structure and set up requests manually
• not suitable for complex testing