Introducing Postman

1h 37mBeginner2019-04-15

Authors

David Fancher

Lead Software Engineer at Vibenomics, Microsoft MVP

Course details

Postman is essentially like a graphical cURL. But if you’re only using it as such, then you’re missing out on some of the API development environment’s most interesting and useful features. In this course, instructor Dave Fancher highlights some of this key functionality as he shares how to best leverage Postman to enhance your API development experience. Dave shows how to work with a sample API to compose and authenticate requests, how to view and publish documentation, how to manage environments and variables, and more.

Learning objectives
Composing requests
Managing cookies
Viewing and publishing documentation
Managing environments
Using variables in requests
Authorization with variables

Skills covered

PostmanSoftware Quality AssuranceSoftware TestingAPIsIntroduction toSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Enhancing API development with Postman
02 - What you should know
03 - What is Postman
04 - Postman - Header and footer
05 - Postman - Sidebar and request builder
06 - Run the sample API

1. Compose Requests

07 - Your first request
08 - Manage query string parameters
09 - Manage cookies
10 - Manage request headers
11 - Manage header presets
12 - Build a request body
13 - Challenge - Composing a request
14 - Solution - Composing a request

2. Manage Requests

15 - Workspaces
16 - Collections and folders
17 - Authenticate requests
18 - Using request history
19 - Document requests
20 - Provide examples
21 - View documentation
22 - Publish documentation
23 - Challenge - Organize and document
24 - Solution - Organize and document

3. Environments and Variables

25 - What are environments
26 - Managing environments
27 - Managing variables
28 - Using variables in requests
29 - Authorization with variables
30 - Variable shortcuts
31 - Challenge - Body variables
32 - Solution - Body variables

Conclusion

33 - Next steps