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jlivingston
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4 years ago
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Postman importing from link throws nullpointer exception

I am trying to import a postman collection in readyApi on my VDI. I click on create new project --> click on integration tab --> then I paste the link for my Postman collection. It throws javalang.Nu...
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    richie
    4 years ago
    Hey jlivingston,

    I get what youre saying...its annoying not knowing the reason.
    I think the only way youd be able to nail this down is to do a bit of research to determine what version of postman is supported by the readyapi! plugin and then look at any release notes to try and get an understanding of what is supported.
    Along with this you could try identifying all the variances from a simple collection that are contained within the collection you want to import (e.g. parameterisation, use of global variables, javascript assertions, etc.) and then create a single collection for each of these additional extras to work out which function could be the problem. Trial and error....call it experimental testing!

    Reason why im saying this is a couple of years ago, if the collection included host or rest parms the import would fail.

    Nice one,

    Rich
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jlivingston
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Hi richie ,

Thank you for your response. I still couldn't find out why it throws nullpointer exception when I try to import a collection from Postman link.
When I need to import from Postman, I export as a file and then import to readyApi. However, I really would like to solve why it doesn't work when I use link.

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richie
Community Hero
4 years ago
Hey jlivingston,

I get what youre saying...its annoying not knowing the reason.
I think the only way youd be able to nail this down is to do a bit of research to determine what version of postman is supported by the readyapi! plugin and then look at any release notes to try and get an understanding of what is supported.
Along with this you could try identifying all the variances from a simple collection that are contained within the collection you want to import (e.g. parameterisation, use of global variables, javascript assertions, etc.) and then create a single collection for each of these additional extras to work out which function could be the problem. Trial and error....call it experimental testing!

Reason why im saying this is a couple of years ago, if the collection included host or rest parms the import would fail.

Nice one,

Rich