📬Postman

Fall 2023 | Vin Bui

Postman is an API platform used by developers to test API calls. It is a powerful tool that we can use to build and design APIs.

Installation

You can download Postman here. Once it’s installed, create an account.

Getting Started

  1. To get started, create a Blank Workspace. Give it a name and set the access scope to whatever you like.

  2. Make sure the Collections tab is selected, then click the + button to create a new collection.

  3. To add requests to this collection, click on the triple dots (…) then select Add request.

Creating a Request

  1. Click on the triple dots (…) next to your collection and select Add request.

  2. Give it any name you want.

  3. Select the request type: GET, POST, etc.

  4. Enter the endpoint URL.

  5. (Optional) Provide a request body or input query parameters.

    1. For the request body, select Body > Raw > JSON. Then input body parameters in JSON format.

  6. Click send to send the request

Examples

GET Request

Let’s fetch the FA23 AppDev Roster: https://ioscourse-g3jtiqqehq-ue.a.run.app

This is a GET request that does not take in any query parameters or request body. You can also see the status of the request (”200 OK”).

POST Request

Let’s add a new member to the roster:https://ioscourse-g3jtiqqehq-ue.a.run.app

This is a POST request that takes in a request body in the above JSON format. The server responds with a 200 status code and the member that we added.

If we tried to provide an invalid request, then the server responds with a 400 Bad Request status code and an error message.

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