From Postman
Nouto imports Postman Collection v2.0 and v2.1 files and Postman environment files. Nouto stores everything locally and doesn’t need an account.
What transfers
Section titled “What transfers”| Postman data | Result in Nouto |
|---|---|
| Folders, including nested folders | Imported |
| Request method, URL, query parameters, and headers | Imported |
Path variable values, such as the value of :id |
Not imported. The :id placeholder stays in the URL. See Requests imported from Postman. |
| Raw (JSON or text), URL-encoded, form data, and GraphQL bodies | Imported. Disabled form rows are dropped. |
| Binary file bodies | Body type only. Select the file again in Nouto. |
| Request descriptions | Imported to the Notes tab |
| Basic, Bearer Token, API Key, and OAuth 2.0 auth | Imported |
| Digest, Hawk, AWS Signature, and NTLM auth | Not imported. The request gets no auth. |
| Collection-level auth and headers | Imported |
| Folder-level auth | Imported in the desktop app only |
| Collection variables | VS Code offers to save them as a new environment. The desktop app doesn’t import them. |
| Pre-request and test scripts | Not imported |
| Environments and globals | Imported separately. See Import an environment. |
Import a collection
Section titled “Import a collection”- In Postman, open the
...menu of the collection and select Export. - Choose Collection v2.1 and save the file.
- In the Nouto sidebar, click Import / Export (the cloud icon) in the Collections toolbar and select Import Collection. Nouto detects the Postman format from the file. In VS Code, you can also run Nouto: Import Postman Collection from the Command Palette.
- Select the exported JSON file.
The collection appears in the sidebar. In VS Code, if the collection has variables, Nouto asks whether to save them as an environment. Select Yes to create an environment named after the collection.
Import an environment
Section titled “Import an environment”- In Postman, open Environments, open the
...menu of an environment, and select Export. - Import the file into Nouto:
- In VS Code, run Nouto: Import Postman Environment. You can select several environment or globals files at once.
- On either platform, open the Environments panel and click Import environments.
Each file becomes a new Nouto environment, named after the Postman environment. A globals file also becomes an environment, not a set of global variables. When you import through the Environments panel and an environment with the same name exists, Nouto adds (imported) to the new name. See Environments to activate it.
Export back to Postman
Section titled “Export back to Postman”To share a collection with someone who uses Postman, right-click the collection in the sidebar and select Export > Postman Collection. Nouto writes a Postman Collection v2.1 file. Scripts and assertions aren’t included. See Exporting for the full list.