Query parameters in collections

[absid89]

Hi, is there any way I can add a query parameter for all queries in a collection?

[CodeShakingSheep]

Hi @absid89 ,
I just found a solution to your question. In a collection you can write a pre request script like this.

const queryParam = "page=3";
req.setUrl(req.getUrl().includes("?") ? req.getUrl() + "&" + queryParam : req.getUrl() + "?" + queryParam);

Collection pre request script:

Request timeline with appended query parameter:

You can see that the query parameter defined in pre request script is appended to the end of the URL.

Hope this helps. Cheers.

[absid89]

Hi @CodeShakingSheep
thanks for the solution, I also figured out how to do it almost the same way via script. I thought there was a more direct solution, strange that it is not available out of the box

[CodeShakingSheep]

I also expected this to be more out of the box. For my use case I wanted to have my global query parameters more organized. So, I added them as env vars prefixed with GQP_. Then in the pre script I put the global query parameter names in an array and appended them dynamically in a loop. This is my script.

let queryParams = ""; 
const globalQueryParamNames = [ "GQP_PER_PAGE", "GQP_PAGE" ];
for (const el of globalQueryParamNames) {
  queryParams += (queryParams === "" ? "" : "&") + el.split("_").slice(1).join("_").toLowerCase() + "=" + bru.getEnvVar(el);
}
req.setUrl(req.getUrl().includes("?") ? req.getUrl() + "&" + queryParams : req.getUrl() + "?" + queryParam);

BTW, could you please mark my first comment as solution? Thank you.