createCollection

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• tools/postman_tools.py:124-132 (handler)

  The run_tool method of CreateCollectionTool that executes the collection creation logic by making a POST request to /collections with optional workspace parameter.

  async def run_tool(self, args: dict) -> list[TextContent]:
      workspace = args.get("workspace")
      collection = args.get("collection", {})
      
      params = {"workspace": workspace} if workspace else {}
      body = {"collection": collection}
      
      result = await postman_api_call("POST", "/collections", body=body, params=params)
      return [TextContent(type="text", text=json.dumps(result, indent=2))]

• tools/postman_tools.py:105-122 (schema)

  The get_tool_description method of CreateCollectionTool that defines the tool's input schema (workspace ID and collection object in v2.1.0 format).

  def get_tool_description(self) -> Tool:
      return Tool(
          name=self.name,
          description="Creates a collection using the Postman Collection v2.1.0 schema format. If workspace is not specified, creates in the oldest personal workspace.",
          inputSchema={
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                  "workspace": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "The workspace's ID"
                  },
                  "collection": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "description": "Collection object in Postman Collection v2.1.0 format"
                  }
              },
          },
      )

• tools/postman_tools.py:1839-1839 (registration)

  Where CreateCollectionTool is instantiated and registered in the register_all_tools function.

  CreateCollectionTool(),

• tools/postman_tools.py:99-103 (registration)

  The CreateCollectionTool class definition and __init__ which sets the tool name to 'createCollection'.

  class CreateCollectionTool(ToolHandler):
      """Create a new collection"""
      
      def __init__(self):
          super().__init__("createCollection")

• tools/postman_tools.py:21-67 (helper)

  The postman_api_call helper function used by CreateCollectionTool.run_tool to make the actual HTTP request to the Postman API.

  async def postman_api_call(
      method: str,
      endpoint: str,
      body: dict | None = None,
      params: dict | None = None,
      headers: dict | None = None
  ) -> dict:
      """Make an API call to Postman API"""
      if not POSTMAN_API_KEY:
          raise RuntimeError("POSTMAN_API_KEY environment variable is not set")
      
      url = f"{POSTMAN_BASE_URL}{endpoint}"
      
      # Prepare headers
      request_headers = {
          "X-Api-Key": POSTMAN_API_KEY,
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
      }
      if headers:
          request_headers.update(headers)
      
      async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
          try:
              response = await client.request(
                  method=method,
                  url=url,
                  json=body,
                  params=params,
                  headers=request_headers
              )
              response.raise_for_status()
              
              if response.status_code == 204:
                  return {"success": True, "message": "Operation completed successfully"}
              
              return response.json() if response.content else {"success": True}
          
          except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
              error_detail = e.response.text
              try:
                  error_json = e.response.json()
                  error_detail = json.dumps(error_json, indent=2)
              except:
                  pass
              raise RuntimeError(f"Postman API error ({e.response.status_code}): {error_detail}")
          except Exception as e:
              raise RuntimeError(f"Request failed: {str(e)}")