Recipes for Creating API Driven Workflows

In an API-driven world, everything from consuming APIs to deciding where and how data will flow is necessary for the development of API workflows. This talk will focus on a modular approach for designing and organizing these workflows using Postman, which is integral to a sustainable APIOps ecosystem. Come join this session to learn more about how to get creative when designing API workflows.

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1. All rights reserved by Postman Inc
   Recipes for Creating
   API Driven
   Workflows
   Pooja Mistry
   Developer Advocate
   

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2. Hi, I’m Pooja!
   @poojamakes
   ● Developer Advocate, Postman
   ● Big time foodie & Amateur home chef
   Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. It
   is used by 20 million + people world wide 🌏🌎🌍
   For many teams, Postman is an everyday tool that helps
   people work with APIs more efficiently
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3. API ecosystem is
   global and growing
   2021 State of the API Report
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4. We are moving
   towards an
   API First World
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5. The API Lifecycle
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6. API Lifecycle
   Define
   Design
   Document
   Deploy
   Test
   Secure
   Monitor
   Discover
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7. Let’s Break Down This Recipe
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8. Ingredients
   Direction
   Consumable Product
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10. Today, we will be making …
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11. Let’s look at some tools
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12. Postman App
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13. Workspaces
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14. Collections
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15. Requests
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16. Variables
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17. Scripts
    Pre-Request Script
    Test Script
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18. Putting it all together
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19. Building Today’s Recipe
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20. Fork Collection Here
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21. API OPs
    Modular design of API workflows to
    enable reusability and scalability
    Who is API Ops For ?
    ● Developers
    ● DevOps
    ● Testers
    ● SREs
    ● Marketing Ops
    If you use APIs to get things done,
    you are doing APIOps.
    - Kaustav Das Modak
    APIOps: The art of
    mixing APIs
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22. @poojamakes
    Some ways to Script
    

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23. Set & Get Variables
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24. Sending Requests from Scripts
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25. Looping Requests
    & Stopping Workflow
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26. @poojamakes
    Some ways to Automate
    

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27. Collection Runner
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28. Newman
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29. Monitors
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30. Flows
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31. What Will You Make ?
    

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    Webex Meeting Notifier w/
    Email & Slack
    Automate adding Eventbrite
    attendees to Insightly and
    MailChimp
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    Location & Weather insights
    from in person events on
    Twitter
    Favorite Genre Playlists to
    send over via text
    New Twitch streamer live
    streams posted to LinkedIn
    and Discord
    The possibilities are
    endless!
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34. Some Inspiration
    

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35. @poojamakes
    

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36. Thank you
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