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Azim Kamal
Azim Kamal

Reputation: 143

How to add current datetime in POST API request?

I want the start and end date to be in current datetime. I don't know whether it is possible. I need that because I want to trigger the data everyday using my pipeline.

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Upvotes: 7

Views: 24216

Answers (3)

derpirscher
derpirscher

Reputation: 17392

You can create an environment variable in the pre-request-script of the request and then use that variable in the body

var now = new Date();
var timestamp = now.toISOString(); //or whatever format you want.
pm.environment.set("timestamp", timestamp);

alternatively, instead of pm.environment.set you can also use pm.variables.set (like shown in Danny Daintons answer) so the timestamp will only be available in the current request instead of the whole environment.

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Upvotes: 14

Danny Dainton
Danny Dainton

Reputation: 25881

You could use moment to make this easier for you. Add this to the pre-request script:

let moment = require('moment');

pm.variables.set('startOfDay', moment().utc().startOf('day').format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'));
pm.variables.set('endOfDay', moment().utc().endOf('day').format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'));

The use the {{startOfDay}} and {{endOfDay}} variables where you need them.

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Upvotes: 6

samthecodingman
samthecodingman

Reputation: 26171

You can remove "start" and "end" from the body of the request and then using Postman's Pre-request Script section (next to Body), add the following lines:

// Gets current UTC time in the format "yyyy-MM-dd"
const UTCDate = (new Date()).toISOString().split("T")[0];

// Removes manually set values for "start" and "end", if present
pm.request.body.urlencoded.remove(param => param.key === "start" || param.key === "end");
// Adds a parameter "start" set to UTC midnight
pm.request.body.urlencoded.add({ key: "start", value: `${UTCDate}T00:00:00.000Z` });
// Adds a parameter "end" set to just before UTC midnight of the next day
pm.request.body.urlencoded.add({ key: "end", value: `${UTCDate}T23:59:59.999Z` });

Upvotes: 2

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