How to send a parameter which is dictionary in Postman

Question

I have just started using Postman for testing my API. I am able to send list of request parameters, but could not figure out how will I send a parameter which is a dictionary,

say my request has two different parameters, first is property, and the structure of property is something like "ptype":"residential","mtype":"requirement","dtype":"sale","category":"multistoryapt","city":"Gurgaon,Mumbai"

How can I send these parameters together ? I have explored on internet and there are ways of sending an array but not a dictionary.

Am I missing something ?

Answer 1

You can do it with this:

POST Request in Postman:

Content-Type: Json/Application

{
   "IsManual":true,
   "platform":"IOS",
   "barcodeList":{"1":"DSSDsdsdsas","2":"DSSDsdsdsas"},
   "Client":"Cliente1",
   "ScanDate":"2018-10-16T17:03:02.2347052-03:00"
}

Answer 2

You could send data as raw body with the Content-Type application/json, this way it's up to you how the data is structured.

Answer 3

If you want to send it in the application/json format then the body should look like this:

{
    "key1":"value1",
    "key2":"value2"
}

For a comprehensive resource on how to serialise JSON go to http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/SerializingCollections.htm

Answer 4

If for some reason you cannot send it with json, here is how we send dictionaries in the form:

object[ptype], object[mtype], object[dtype], object[category], object[city]