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Descriptions for Request Attributes in Postman

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Company
Date Published
Author
The Postman Team
Word Count
183
Company Posts That Month
4
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Post removed?
No
Summary

Postman has introduced a new feature in its data editor, allowing users to add a description column for better clarity and understanding of requests. This feature lets users include comments and details for query parameters, path variables, headers, and body elements directly within the Postman app, aiding developers by specifying if elements are required or optional and indicating accepted data types. For Postman Pro users, these descriptions appear in the automatically generated documentation for API collections, although descriptions for path variables and URL parameters are currently not shown in the documentation. Users can toggle the visibility of the value and description columns by clicking on the ellipsis in the editor's top right corner, and it's important to note that these descriptions are merely metadata and are not transmitted with HTTP requests.

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