Is it possible to send an array with the Postman Chrome extension?

Question

I've been using Postman Chrome extension to test out my API and would like to send an array of IDs via post. Is there a way to send something list this as a parameter in Postman?

{
  user_ids: ["1234", "5678"]
}

Answer 1

You need to suffix your variable name with [] like this:

If that doesn't work, try not putting indexes in brackets:

my_array[]  value1
my_array[]  value2

---

Note:

• If you are using the postman packaged app, you can send an array by selecting raw / json (instead of form-data). Also, make sure to set Content-Type as application/json in Headers tab. Here is example for raw data {"user_ids": ["123" "233"]}, don't forget the quotes!

• If you are using the postman REST client you have to use the method I described above because passing data as raw (json) won't work. There is a bug in the postman REST client (At least I get the bug when I use 0.8.4.6).

Answer 2

For me did not work with array[0], array1, .. or array[], array[], ... . It works more simply:

Answer 3

If you want an array of dicts, try this:

Answer 4

Here is my solution:

use form-data and edit as below:

Key       Value 
box[]      a
box[n1]    b
box[n2][]  c
box[n2][]  d

and you will get an array like this:

{"box":{"0":"a","n1":"b","n2":["c","d"]}}

Answer 5

It is important to know, that the VALUE box is only allowed to contain a numeral value (no specifiers).

If you want to send e.g. an array of "messages" with Postman, each having a list of key/value pairs, enter e.g. messages[][reason] into the KEY box and the value of reason into the VALUE box:

The server will receive:

{"messages"=>[{"reason"=>"scrolled", "tabid"=>"2"}, {"reason"=>"reload", "tabid"=>"1"}], "endpoint"=>{}}

Answer 6

I also had that problem, and solved it by doing the following:

1 - Going to the request header configuration and added the following:

Accept : application/json, text/plain, */*
Content-Type : application/json;charset=UTF-8

2 - To send the json array, I went to raw json format and set the user_ids to array:

user_ids: ["bbbbbbbbbb","aaaaaaaaaa","987654321","123456789"]

Answer 7

Set Body as raw and form the array as follows:

Answer 8

As mentioned by @pinouchon you can pass it with the help of array index

my_array[0] value
my_array[1] value

In addition to this, to pass list of hashes, you can follow something like:

my_array[0][key1] value1

my_array[0][key2] value2

Example:

To pass param1=[{name:test_name, value:test_value}, {...}]

param1[0][name] test_name

param1[0][value] test_value

Answer 9

Go to Header and select Content-Type = application/json then go to body and select raw and then pass an array.

Answer 10

this worked for me. to pass an array of Item object {ItemID,ColorID,SizeID,Quntity}

Answer 11

in headers set

content-type : application/x-www-form-urlencoded

In body select option

x-www-form-urlencoded

and insert data as json array

user_ids : ["1234", "5678"]

Answer 12

This also works for lists within the object:

Id:37
IdParent:26
Name:Poplet
Values[0].Id:1349
Values[0].Name:SomeName
Values[1].Id:1350
Values[1].Name:AnotherName

the equivalent JSON would be:

{
    "Id": 37,
    "IdParent": 26,
    "Name": "Poplet",
    "Values": [
        {
            "Id": 1349,
            "Name": "SomeName"
        },
        {
            "Id": 1350,
            "Name": "AnotherName"
        }
    ]
}

Answer 13

{
    "data" : [  
        {
            "key1" : "value1",
            "key2" : "value2"   
        },
        {
            "key01" : "value01",
            "key02" : "value02"             
        },
        {
            "key10" : "value10",
            "key20" : "value20"   
        }
    ]
}

You can pass like this.

Answer 14

In form-data you can pass a array like this

and in backend you will fetch it like a

"tags"=>["aaaa", "bbb"]

In my case I've to pass two values in a array so I write it two times

Answer 15

Choose either form-data or urlencoded and use the same key "user_ids". The server should receive it as an array.

Answer 16

In form-data,

   key              value

 user_ids[]         1234
 user_ids[]         5678

Answer 17

My back-end is written in Ruby on Rails. This is how I sent the array params using Postman. It worked for me.

UPDATE

I'm using x-www-form-urlencoded. I believe it will work too for form-data.

Answer 18

Request header configuration and added the following

Accept: application/json

You need to suffix your key variable name with []

like key[0][name]

You can insert it in "bulk-edit" mode

Body section in form-data on right side click Bulk Edit and added the following

items[0][prod_id]:174336
items[0][item_weight]:3.400
items[0][item_qty]:1
items[0][item_selected_melting]:92
items[0][item_remarks]:
items[1][prod_id]:12345

Answer 19

In my case I need to send array of objects, I sent it like this

Answer 20

To send an array using form data there's no need to use brackets. Just send that specific array using the same name in multiple fields.

Like:

my_array:value_1
my_array:value_2

Answer 21

Although this question has already accepted a solution still that solution has a drawback that is we have to repeat the key (Array name) again and again as one key is accepting only one value. Like this:

Imagine we have 10 values or more, should we repeat the same Array name each time? The programmatic answer is NO. Then we should do the following that is a better approach.

1. Select the form-data as usual
2. Type Array name in the Key field
3. Pass the Array in Value field

Like this:

Now, you should be able to send the Array, but wait, this won't be stored in Database like that in my case with MongoDB. So what you have to do is, use the following piece of code to send it like an Array in the Database:

1. First, we need to parse it using JSON, like this

let user_ids = JSON.parse(body.user_ids);

2. Now, you can send user_ids variable to database like an Array

That's All!

Answer 22

I tried all solution here and in other posts, but nothing helped.

The only answer helped me:
Adding [FromBody] attribute before decleration of parameter in function signature:

[Route("MyFunc")]        
public string MyFunc([FromBody] string[] obj)

Answer 23

Supposing you have the array of object below,

features: [
      {
        title: { type: String },
        type: { type: String },
      },
    ],

To add the values on the form data on the postman, add it this way

features[title]
features[type]

Check also the image below

Answer 24

Here is something that worked for me

{
 "user_ids":["[1234, 5678]"]
}

I believe it depends on how the backend is setup most of the time.

Answer 25

N.B Now we are in 2022 if All of the above solutions didn't, just don't panic. pass array name with is value without a bracket and the add it multiple time, just link how the image below is showing. it should work just fine. If It does work, buy me some coffee, hhh