Try Postman for free → What is API integration? API integration is the process of using APIs to connect two or more software systems in order to facilitate the seamless transfer of data. APIs are code-based instructions that enable different software components to communicate. If you think of...
Finally, we'll discuss how the Postman API Platform can support your API versioning workflow. What are the benefits of API versioning? It's essential for an API's producers and consumers to stay in sync as the API evolves—regardless of whether it is private or public. An effective API ...
API documentation has two main goals: to make it as easy as possible for developers to start using the API and to make them quickly understand the API’s full potential. A great way to accomplish both these goals is to provide code examples for each AP...
What Is a REST API? Examples, Uses, and ChallengesThe Postman Team June 28, 2023 Originally published on July 9, 2020Application programming interfaces (APIs) come in many shapes and sizes, which can make it pretty difficult for newcomers to understand what they are and how they can be ...
How to Create Postman Collections for Sharing BlazeMeter's API One of Postman's fantastic features is Collections. Collections allow you to group together several APIs that might be related or perhaps should be executed in a certain sequence. For example, in the previous screenshot, you can see...
2. Understand the API: Go through the API documentation to understand its functionalities. This includes knowing the endpoints, request methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.), request parameters, and expected responses. 3. Create Test Cases: Based on the API documentation, create test cases th...
You can read the API documentation to have a better understanding of which methods are supported. Some of the most common methods include: GET: retrieve data POST: create data PUT/PATCH: update data DELETE: remote data If the API endpoint requires any parameters to be included in the ...
The Postman Team June 20, 2023 An API endpoint is a URL that acts as the point of contact between an API client and an API server. API clients send requests to API endpoints in order to access the API’s functionality and data.
API in terms of the three-tier architecture Client, server, and database are the three independent tiers of software architecture. Usually, a client is a web browser or a mobile application that presents the requested info, while business logic is realized on the server side. Client and server...
Postman: Initially used for API testing, Postman has evolved into an all-in-one tool that supports API software development, including designing, mocking, debugging, testing, documenting, monitoring, and publishing. API Testing Tools SoapUI: Ideal for testing SOAP and REST APIs, SoapUI offers ...