# Postman

Postman allows you to [share a collection of requests](https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/collections/sharing_collections/). TestMace supports import this format. You can import Postman collections in these two ways:

* import from the project context menu: **Import** -> **Postman**;
* import from the [Folder](https://docs.testmace.com/node-types/folder) or [Project](https://docs.testmace.com/node-types/project) nodes context menu: **Import** -> **Postman**.

You'll see the next dialog:

![](https://1550208191-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LYfhIaTTw23Sf3L5jfe%2F-LtTeIl0NmO2yjDRT-rP%2F-LtTeNk_JofK1oyqaoDt%2Fscreenshot_1.png?alt=media\&token=59f854c3-18d0-4ab6-999b-edd51a41eb22)

Let’s look at this dialog in detail. You can specify 3 import parameters

* **Path to collection file**: a path to the file with an exported Postman collection. Only this field is required foe import. See the collection export instruction in the [Postman documentation](https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/collections/data-formats/#collections)
* **Path to environment file**: a path to the file with an exported environment. See the environment export instruction in the [Postman documentation](https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/environments-and-globals/manage-environments/)
* **Path to globals file**: a path to the file with exported Postman global variables. See the global variables export instruction in the [Postman documentation](https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/environments-and-globals/manage-globals/)

{% hint style="info" %}
While importing from Postman you may need only a collection, but we highly recommend you specify the paths to the files with environment and global variables. There are a couple of reasons for that:

* Better variables resolving. If you import a collection only, all variables belong to the collection, even if they are not defined in the collection’s variables list
* A new environment will be added to you project if you specify a path to the file with the environment
  {% endhint %}

If the root node name you specified already exists in the tree, the name will be changed to NodeName \[Copy \[number]].


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