When a new request or test step is created, and it needs an endpoint, an unmanaged endpoint with empty values will be created and associated with it.
Unmanaged endpoint is specific to a request or test step, and is invisible to other requests or test steps.
To reuse endpoints across requests or test steps, you can create managed endpoints.
Create Environment
Managed endpoints reside in environments.
To create an environment, click the Environments icon in the left side bar of the screen, right click the blank space in the left side pane and select New Environment from the context menu.
Give it a name (like ‘Local’), press Enter, and a new empty environment is created with its edit view opened.
There are two ways to create a managed endpoint. Here we use HTTP endpoint as an example.
Create Managed Endpoint in the Environments area
In the ‘Local’ environment we just created, click + Endpoint dropdown button, select HTTP, give it a name (like ‘Article API’) and press Enter. A managed HTTP endpoint is created with its edit view displayed on the right.
Input details into the fields, and the endpoint looks like below.
To use the newly created managed endpoint, go to an HTTP request or test step, click the Endpoint tab, and click Select Managed Endpoint button to see a modal that lists all HTTP endpoints.
Click the endpoint name to select it for use in the HTTP request or test step.
Share Unmanaged Endpoint from Test Step
This is a convenient feature for you to capture endpoint details while editing a request or test step, and then turn the (unmanaged) endpoint into managed.
Under Endpoint tab of a request or test step, click Share Endpoint button. Enter details and click OK button. The (unmanaged) endpoint will be shared into the specified environment (here ‘Local’).
Changing from Managed Endpoint to Unmanaged for a Request or Test Step
Clicking the Unmanage Endpoint button under the Endpoint tab will allow you to clone the managed endpoint to an unmanaged one for the request or test step. The managed one stays untouched in the environment.