Set a value from a response as an environment variable in Insomnia

In this example, we want to generate a token for a Konnect system account and set it as an environment variable. We first need to configure the Create System Account Access Token request to generate the token.

If you imported the Konnect Identity Management API specification into a new collection, most of the parameters are already set.

1. Click Base Environment, then click the OpenAPI env global.api.konghq.com sub environment to use its variables.
2. Click the pencil icon to update the environment if needed. For this example, you need to:
   • Update the bearerToken variable to your personal access token.
   • Create an accountId variable with the system account ID.
3. Open the Create System Account Access Token request, go to the Body tab, and update the token’s name and expiration date and time.

1. Open the Scripts tab and click After-response.
2. Add the following script. When this script run it will:
   • Check that the request returns the expected 201 status code
   • Get the value of the token
   • Assign the value to the systemToken environment variable.

    insomnia.test('Check if status is 201', () => {
        insomnia.expect(insomnia.response.code).to.eql(201);
         
        if (insomnia.response.code){
          const jsonBody = insomnia.response.json();
          insomnia.environment.set("systemToken", jsonBody.token);
        }
    });
   

3. Click Send to send the request. The after-response script will automatically run once the response is returned.

To verify that everything ran as expected, you can open the Tests tab to see if the test passed and open the environment to check that the new variable was added.