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.

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1. Modern software is built on APIs. Postman helps you develop APIs faster. P O S T M A N
2. 2 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.
3. 3 Application Programming Interface What is an API An API is a way for one application to talk to another application.
4. 4 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
5. RESOURCES Where to get everything that you need
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
7. JENNIFER BLAND ratracegrad@gmail.com