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Using Postman to test your Web API

Using Postman to test your Web API

Learn how to get the most out of using Postman and how to format your HTTP requests. Jennifer will demonstrate ways to use postman and go through examples from some of the most popular APIs.

Jennifer Bland

March 16, 2016
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  1. Modern software is built on APIs. Postman helps you develop APIs faster.
    P O S T M A N

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    Application Programming Interface
    What is an API
    In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software and
    applications. An API expresses a SW component in terms of its operations, inputs, outputs, and underlying types, defining functionalities that
    are independent of their respective implementations, which allows definitions and implements to vary without compromising the interface.

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    Application Programming Interface
    What is an API
    An API is a way for one application to talk to another application.

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    how applications communicate
    HTTP Verbs
    GET
    Used to retrieve data from a server
    POST
    Create new resources on the server
    PUT
    Update a resource that already exist on the server
    DELETE
    Delete a resource on the server

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  5. RESOURCES
    Where to get everything that you need

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  6. everything else you can find on stack overflow
    Postman and API Resources
    Postman SoFware
    hGps://www.getpostman.com/
    HTTP Verbs Overview
    hGp://www.restapitutorial.com/lessons/hGpmethods.html
    Catalog of 14K+ APIs
    hGp://www.programmableweb.com/
    Building your API Blueprint
    hGps://www.mulesoF.com/lp/ebook/api/building-api-blueprint
    01
    02
    03

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  7. JENNIFER BLAND
    [email protected]

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