Let’s take a look at some of the advantages of running Postman collections using the Postman Collection Runner and then run an existing Postman Collection.
Postman Collection Runner
Collection Runner allows you to run set of requests contained in a collection with the following capabilities:
- pass data between scripts
- log request test results
- change the request workflow
- run collections in a specified environment
How to run Postman Collections?
You can run your collections by clicking on the ‘Runner’ button in Postman which will open up a new Collection Runner window.
Then, select your collection, specify the environment and hit the Run collection button.
![Postman Collection Runner](https://sdetunicorns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/image-13.png)
This will run all the requests in the collection and show a report like this in the end. In conclusion, Postman Collection Runner is a great way to quickly automate your APIs.
Check out the video below to learn more about Postman Collection Runner –
To learn about API Test Automation using JavaScript, check out my free tutorial series here –
JavaScript API Test Automation Tutorial Series
I hope this post helped you out, let me know if you have any questions in the comments below!
Happy testing!