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
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 @poojamakes
3. API ecosystem is global and growing 2021 State of the API Report @poojamakes
4. We are moving towards an API First World @poojamakes
5. The API Lifecycle @poojamakes
6. API Lifecycle Define Design Document Deploy Test Secure Monitor Discover @poojamakes
7. Let’s Break Down This Recipe @poojamakes
8. Ingredients Direction Consumable Product @poojamakes
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10. Today, we will be making … @poojamakes
11. Let’s look at some tools @poojamakes
12. Postman App @poojamakes
13. Workspaces @poojamakes
14. Collections @poojamakes
15. Requests @poojamakes
16. Variables @poojamakes
17. Scripts Pre-Request Script Test Script @poojamakes
18. Putting it all together @poojamakes
19. Building Today’s Recipe @poojamakes
20. Fork Collection Here @poojamakes
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 @poojamakes
22. @poojamakes Some ways to Script
23. Set & Get Variables @poojamakes
24. Sending Requests from Scripts @poojamakes
25. Looping Requests & Stopping Workflow @poojamakes
26. @poojamakes Some ways to Automate
27. Collection Runner @poojamakes
28. Newman @poojamakes
29. Monitors @poojamakes
30. Flows @poojamakes
31. What Will You Make ?
32. + + Webex Meeting Notifier w/ Email & Slack Automate adding Eventbrite attendees to Insightly and MailChimp + + + + + + + + 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! @poojamakes
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34. Some Inspiration
35. @poojamakes
36. Thank you @poojamakes