Where does the standalone Postman client for Windows save collections when working offline?
To clarify, I want to find where Postman saves collection files to by default when online syncing is disabled. I am not trying to export my collection as a JSON file.
I've looked in %LocalAppData%, My Documents, and Program Files, but I don't see where Postman saves its collection data.
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Postman is using Chromium offline storage capabilities because at the end it's a SPA running inside Chromium (Electron technology).
From Postman's top menubar:
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For the version Postman from Google Chrome extension, you need copy all files from path:
"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Storage\ext\fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop\def\IndexedDB\chrome-extension_..."
The files inside path above contains all history and collections from Postman
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Alternatively, if you just want to look at the collection, you can export it into json format from the collection menu.
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Linux Chrome or Chromium Postman extension storage path Location
/home/{USER}/.config/chromium/Default/Storage/ext/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop/
Thanks.
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Win10: You have to back up your old Postman C:\Users%user%\AppData\Roaming\Postman\IndexedDB Then copy it to the same location of the new Postman installation.
This will recover all your collections.
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On Mac: The json files were automatically backed up (/Users//Library/Application Support/Postman/backup-YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.json) but it is not documented anywhere. You just have to reimport them
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In Debian-like systems, using Postman v7, I found a backup of all the collections and environments saved as JSON in ~/.config/Postman with the prefix backup-.
eg:
~/.config/Postman/backup-timestamp.json
Also, found a recent support article in Postman documentation: How to recover my data
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This support documentation helped me recover my collections after the postman application stopped working.
https://support.postman.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035071313-How-to-recover-my-data-
If you weren't logged in to the app and using it offline or in the Scratch Pad mode then your data won't get synced to our servers and stays local to your instance. In this case, try following the steps below:
Look for the backup files under the following folder: %appdata%\Postman\for Windows ~/Library/Application Support/Postmanfor macOS ~/.config/Postman for Linux
Backup file names will be similar to backup-2020-02-26T23-13-43.082Z.json (date or time will be different for you).
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Windows 10, I copy these folder to another and worked.
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\chrome-extension_coohjcphdfgbiolnekdpbcijmhambjff_0.indexeddb.leveldb
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In windows, postman v9.6.2 I was able to restore collections by pasting the IndexedDB folder in the following path:
\AppData\Roaming\Postman\Partitions\<GUID>\
If you are using a snapped Postman on Linux, let me save you some time. Copy all the content from your source snapped Postman UNDER (as the target GUID can be different)
/home/username/snap/postman/<id>/.config/Postman/Partitions/<standalone GUID>
to your target snapped Postman UNDER
/home/username/snap/postman/<a different id>/.config/Postman/Partitions/<a different standalone GUID>
Make sure you respect the target postman id and partition GUID.
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We work offline. So for Postman Scratchpad (official offline usage):
%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Postman\Partitions\~/Library/Application Support/Postman/Partitions/Simply backup or share the entire directory when you want to synch.
It looks like Postman uses LevelDB. On Windows, I found my Postman DB located at:
ps:
%HOMEPATH%is path forC:\Users\xxxx\also worth mentioning:
%APPDATA%is a shortcut forC:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\According to Piere F, macOS users can find it under:
ps: Note
~is path for/Users/userAccount/According to David, Ubuntu users can find it under: