<p>Sometimes the only thing you need to test is a header. This is when a PDF or something else is returned. Below is how you can test a header.</p>
<h1 id="heading-testing-for-correct-headers-and-pdf-responses">Testing for Correct Headers and PDF Responses</h1>
<p>Below are test you can run on headers. The great thing about this is it allows us to find out if a PDF was passed as that will be in the headers.</p>
<p>pm.test("Headers are correct", function () {
    <a href="http://pm.response.to.have.header" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">pm.response.to.have.header</a>("Content-Type", 'application/pdf');
    <a href="http://pm.response.to.have.header" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">pm.response.to.have.header</a>("Content-Disposition");
    pm.expect(postman.getResponseHeader("Content-Disposition")).to.contain('filename="application.pdf"', 'No application.pdf was passed.')
})</p>
<h1 id="heading-links">Links</h1>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://postman-quick-reference-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html">Postman Quick Reference Guide</a>
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.chaijs.com/api/bdd/">Chai Assertion Library</a>
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html">Regex Cheat Sheet</a>
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.udemy.com/postman-the-complete-guide/">Postman: The Complete Guide on Udemy</a></p>


Sometimes the only thing you need to test is a header. This is when a PDF or something else is returned. Below is how you can test a header.

# Testing for Correct Headers and PDF Responses
Below are test you can run on headers. The great thing about this is it allows us to find out if a PDF was passed as that will be in the headers.

pm.test("Headers are correct", function () {
    pm.response.to.have.header("Content-Type", 'application/pdf');
    pm.response.to.have.header("Content-Disposition");
    pm.expect(postman.getResponseHeader("Content-Disposition")).to.contain('filename="application.pdf"', 'No application.pdf was passed.')
})

# Links
[Postman Quick Reference Guide](https://postman-quick-reference-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html)
[Chai Assertion Library](https://www.chaijs.com/api/bdd/)
[Regex Cheat Sheet](https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html)
[Postman: The Complete Guide on Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/postman-the-complete-guide/)

Testing with Postman: Headers

As the son of a programmer I grew up on computers and have always loved them. Now I work as a Software Development Engineer in Test to write code and test things. I also enjoy my homelab hobby.


Lead QA Engineer and SDET for Ameritas with 9 years of Experience in the QA field.