The easiest way to install Newman is using NPM and to run newman need Node.js. As a prerequisites, check the NPM and Node.js >= v10 installed or not on servers.
It is recommend to check before installing, if already have npm installed and check the installed version using the "npm -v"/"npm --version".
If not installed, please follow the steps:
"apt get update" for Ubuntu
"apt install npm" for Ubuntu
"dnf install npm" for redhat
It is recommend to check before installing, if already have Node.js installed and check the installed version, run "node -v".
If not installed, please follow the steps:
"apt install nodejs" for Ubuntu
"dnf module list nodejs" for redhat
"dnf module info --profile nodejs"
"dnf install nodejs"
It is recommend to check before installing, if already installed and check the installed version, run the "newman -v" which displays the current Newman version. If not installed, please follow the steps:
npm install -g newman
npm install -g newman-reporter-htmlextra
-g flag useful when install newman globally on system which allows to run from anywhere. If you want to install it locally, Just remove the -g flag.
newman -h, --help Output usage information
newman -v, --version Output the version number
Based on requirement, add the options to newman and run the collections.
The newman run command allows you to specify a collection to be run. we can easily export Postman Collection as a json file from the Postman App and run it using Newman.
$ newman run examples/sample-collection.json -d data.json