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Postman removed offline mode (Scratch Pad) in new versions, Is there a way to enable it?


Postman removed offline mode (Scratch Pad)

https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/basics/using-scratch-pad/

The Scratch Pad is deprecated and no longer supported. The Scratch Pad is being discontinued and won’t receive any updates, bug fixes, or security updates. You can use the lightweight API Client when not signed in to Postman to send API requests, including HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC, and GraphQL requests. Learn more about the lightweight Postman API Client.

Today after I opened my offline Postman it automatically updated and alerted me to sign in and didn't allow me to use offline mode. The new lightweight mode does not have a lot of features.

Is there a way to enable it?


Solution

  • Two way:

    1. Version 10.17 is the last version of Scratch Pad mode.

    But it does not exist on the official Postman site, I downloaded it from filehorse, and It works for me.

    1. Download version 10.17
    2. Uninstall postman. You then may need to also delete the postman data at %appdata%\..\Local\Postman and %appdata%\..\Roaming\Postman (be sure to make a copy or rename the Postman folders if you are concerned of losing data)
    3. Disconnect your internet
    4. Install version 10.17
    5. Rename update.exe to stop updating
    1. Bring back ScratchPad even on the latest versions
    1. Open DevTools (Ctrl-Shift-I)
    2. Type into the console pm.settings.setSetting("offlineAPIClientEnabled",0) - this will turn off the lightweight client and switch to ScratchPad
    3. Restart Postman (you'll see briefly the ScratchPad interface but it will be hidden with a login screen then)
    4. Open DevTools again (Ctrl-Shift-I)
    5. Type into the console pm.mediator.trigger("hideUserSwitchingExperienceModal")

    Now you can import back your collections etc. Also with any of luck in the folder %AppData%\Postman you can find backup-*.json files which are the backups of ScratchPad collections. You can import them too.