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Using Postman to issue a HTTP(S) request

How To


Summary

How to use Postman to issue an HTTP(S) request to the IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) server.

Objective

IBM Support requested to issue an HTTP (REST or OSLC) request to the RQM server for troubleshooting an issue. You want to use Postman as your HTTP client but you do not know how to authenticate with this tool.

Environment

Chrome.

Steps

PROCEDURE:
  1. Click New Collection
  2. Add a request to the collection for Authentication: name = authenticate
  3. Open the request and set the values for the following fields:
    • method:POST
    • url: https://<server:port>/<context>/j_security_check (for example: https://example.com:9443/qm/j_security_check)
  4. Enter the following headers in the Headers tab:
    • accept = */*
    • oslc-core-version = 2.0
    • x-requested-with = XMLHttpRequest
    • Content-Type = application/x-www-form-urlencoded
  5. Enter the following text in the Body tab with raw format: j_username=<username>&j_password=<password> (for example: j_username=bob&j_password=bob)
  6. Send the request
Any further requests in this collection reuse the same session
NOTE: If you receive the following message:
Self-signed SSL certificates are being blocked:
Clear the option SSL certificate verification in Settings > General

Related Information

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Product Synonym

Rational Quality Manager

Document Information

Modified date:
29 June 2020

UID

ibm11274530

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