Creating Postman Shortcut Icon in Ubuntu

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Creating a desktop icon for Postman in Ubuntu can significantly streamline your workflow and enhance your productivity. As one of the most popular API development tools, Postman is indispensable for developers and testers who require a reliable, efficient way to manage their API requests and responses.

However, the convenience of accessing this powerful tool with a single click is something many users seek. In this article, we will create a desktop icon for Postman on Ubuntu, allowing you to easily launch the application and improve your overall user experience. Whether you are a seasoned developer or a newcomer to the world of APIs, having quick access to Postman is a small tweak that everyone wants.

To create an icon and launch your Postman instance via the application launcher, follow these steps:

Download Postman and extract into any folder. You should see the following in your folder.

Open terminal and enter the following command to go to the .local/share/applications directory:

cd ~/.local/share/applications

Create a Postman.desktop file in this directory using gedit/nano

Paste the following contents in the Postman.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=/home/{username}/Documents/Postman/Postman %U
Icon=/home/{username}/Documents/Postman/app/icons/icon_128x128.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall;
StartupNotify=true
Actions=new-window;new-private-window;

Replace {username} with your own username that you see in the terminal.