bruno-postman-env-converter-lib

This is a quick extraction on the logic Bruno uses to convert json environments to "bru" format

$${\color{red}As\ of\ July\ 4th,\ Bruno\ supports\ bulk\ env\ imports}$$ bulk import PR. $${\color{red}This\ leaves\ the\ use\ case\ for\ this\ logic\ to\ be\ very\ niche.}$$

Most other API clients rely on JSON while Bruno leans on a custom BRU implementation. I simply checked their source code and extracted what's necessary to convert a *.json file to *.bru.

• This code has been tested with postman environments and does not work standalone. Please check in case you're using Insomnia or something else.
• I would supply a bash script, but your use case may be quite specific. Please consider these two files as a library.
• They come as is with no warranty provided. They should serve the propely frustrated person well.

At least until Bruno implements bulk environment import.

Example usage

1. Write a bash (or whatever type you prefer) script to handle all files you'd need in bulk. You could also extend this library.
2. Install npx (it might be already bundled) and supply these 2 files as separate scripts in the bruno package.json

"scripts": {
    "get-env-name": "npx run-func convert.js getEnvName",
    "convert-env": "npx run-func convert.js conversion"
}

Note: The two files need to be in the same dir since they depend on eachother.

3. Make sure that your script calls these 2 methods, one for the name, one for converting the *.json file itself.

The usage above is already implemented in this project if you'd like to run the files here.

• Simply run npm run-script [script-name] [file]

The output will be visible in the terminal and could be piped (>) to a *.bru file

Example single file conversion

echo "`npm run-script convert-env ./example-case/example-env.json | tail -n +5`" > "./output/`npm run-script get-env-name ./example-case/example-env.json | awk NR==5`"

The above will convert the example env json to a *.bru valid format inside the ./output folder

If you have any questions please email me / open an issue, and we'll work this out.