WebAPI debugging - Start Chrome Postman from Visual Studio

Question

I am developing a Web API in Visual Studio 2015 and want to use Chrome/Postman to view the JSon results.

Is there any way I can get Postman to launch when I hit F5 to run and for Visual Studio to start a debugging session.

Answer 1

Yes, you can!

You have to configure the Web tab of the Web API project to start an external program, pointing it to Chrome and passing in the parameters to tell Chrome to launch the Postman extension.

In Chrome:

1. Go to chrome://apps/
2. Right-click Postman shortcut and create a desktop icon
3. Right-click Postman shortcut and view the properties, you'll find the path and parameters.

In Visual Studio, configure the web tab of the project properties:

Now, when you hit F5... Postman will automatically launch.