Newman-env is a command-line helper for newman. It allows you to update environment variables directly from the command-line. It is very helpful in the case you deployed success your application and need to update your corresponding environment variable in Postman Environment file to continue integration/performance/stress test on CI/CD.
The easiest way to install newman-env is using NPM. If you have Node.js installed, it is most likely that you have NPM installed as well.
$ npm install newman-env
The newman-env run command allows you to specify a environment to be update. You can easily export your Postman Environment as a json file from the Postman App and run it using Newman.
$ newman-env run postman-environments.json --env-var endpoint=http://localhost:3000 --env-var [email protected]
-o <path>, --output<path>
Specify an output environment file path after updating. Default will be overwrite the current specified environment file.
--env-var<environment-variable-name>=<environment-variable-value>
Allows the specification of environment variables via the command line, in a key=value format. Multiple CLI environment variables can be added by using --env-var multiple times, like so: --env-var "foo=bar" --env-var "alpha=beta".