Using gRPC in Postman

Postman started supporting gRPC in January 2022. This is an intro slide deck before a live demo at the Bay Area conference for gRPC in September 2023.

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1. All rights reserved by Postman Inc Design and Test a gRPC API in Postman W. Ian Douglas Sr Developer Advocate
2. All rights reserved by Postman Inc Wait, Postman does WHAT now?? W. Ian Douglas Sr Teller of Dad Jokes For sale: Used taxi cab. It's in fare condition.
3. Introduction State of the API Report Demo of gRPC API Design and Testing (Dad Jokes Along the Way) Q&A and Swag Giveaways 1 2 3 4 5 TL;DR @getpostman @iandouglas736 When I worked in cybersecurity, my favorite snack food was phish sticks.
4. • 2018/2019: We didn’t explicitly call out gRPC • 2020: 6th place, ~7% use gRPC. • 2021: 7th place, ~10% use gRPC • 2022: 6th place, ~11% use gRPC • 2023: 6th place, ~11% use gRPC 55% don’t know protobuf State of the API Report, 2018 to Present @getpostman @iandouglas736 Learning how to collect litter wasn't all that hard. I just picked it up as I went along.
5. Demo Time!! yay, it’s … @getpostman @iandouglas736 I’d love to tell you a joke about UDP, but you might not get it …
6. Resources What do you call a wizard who is bad at football? Fumbledore. @getpostman @iandouglas736 Free gRPC Webinar next Wednesday Postman Academy lessons on gRPC
7. Thank You The best time of day to go see a dentist is tooth-hurty. @getpostman @iandouglas736