Scripts which execute only once per collection run

[Tobias4872]

I have started using Insomnia and I really love it. I have been using the pre-request and after-request scripts quite a while now, but what I a missing (or was not able to find yet), is a way to execute a script only once per collection run.

My use case here would be that I need a random number (or uuid or similar) or a date which is generated once and then stays the same across the collection run.

I thought about putting a pre-request script at the top level and check with "insomnia.environment.has()" if a particular variable is set and if not set it. But I also need to clean it afterwards and I failed to find a nice way to do it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ihexxa]

This is an interesting topic 👍 . Hm currently there is no capability for setup or teardown.

One way I can think of is adding 2 requests for them, and calling insomnia.execution.skipRequest() to skip sending request from pre-req script, here is an example (setup is similar):

And set them as the first and the last one.

It is still not optimal although it doesn't send out the request.

[Tobias4872]

Thanks for the answer. I solved it in a similar fashion. I am just using the first request in each block and add a pre-request script.

The solution with the "skipRequest" is a nice one, though.