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  • ASSERTIONS IN POSTMAN

    Hello everyone, So far we learned about the basics of API, how to build an API request, Examples of REST and SOAP API, and how to do a JSON schema validation for your responses. Other than schema validation, we have to check some more attributes from the API response. So how do we do that?…

  • How to handle SOAP API and parsing the response in Postman??

     SOAP is an XML-based protocol for accessing web services over HTTP. It has some specifications which could be used across all applications. SOAP is known as the Simple Object Access Protocol, but in later times was just shortened to SOAP v1.2. SOAP is a protocol or in other words is a definition of how web…

  • How to handle REST API and parsing the response in Postman??

     REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for providing standards between computer systems on the web, making it easier for systems to communicate with each other. REST-compliant systems, often called RESTful systems, are characterized by how they are stateless and separate the concerns of client and server. Most commonly used nowadays. Separation of Client…

  • What are the types of Authentication for your APIs? How to configure that in Postman?

      When you start working with third-party APIs, you would have noticed different API authentication methods. This will provide you the authorization for accessing those APIs. Most frequently used methods are After adding all the details to your request on clicking send we might have received the “401 Unauthorized”. Have you ever faced it? Now…

  • How to build different HTTP Requests in Postman?

    Hello People!! How are you all?  We can discuss about the basic request building part in Postman. HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the protocol used to send and receive data over the Internet. When you make an API call, an HTTP client sends a request to an HTTP server, which then sends back a response…

  • What are the different types of variables in Postman? How and when to use them?

     Dear People, I hope you are all safe! Today we are going to learn something in Postman which will be very helpful and save our time in most of the scenarios. If you have worked on any programming language, you would have worked with variables with different scopes. They are nothing but placeholders to hold…

  • How to easily locate your JSON object in your API response?

     Dear People, I hope you are safe and doing good. When I started with API Testing, JSON format was quite new to me. But somehow I liked it due to it’s readability. Due to the love for that, currently I have updated my bio in many places in JSON format. Okay, let me explain why…

  • API Testing Learning Path using Postman!!

      If you are new to APIs and API Testing, I suggest you to start with Postman. Why because is, Postman gives you a look and feel about the APIs. Also once you learn APIs and API Testing process better, then you can switch or learn any other API Testing tool based on your project…

  • How to implement Data Driven Approach in Postman?

      Hello Peeps, Welcome back!! Postman allows us to execute requests in a collection through the collection runner and while execution we can provide a data set in the form of JSON or CSV that are used while running the requests inside the collection. When To Use Data Variables? Data variables are used while we…

  • Women in APIs - GET/Speaking Cohort program!!

    Hello Peeps, I came to know about “Women in APIs” community through Hannah, the technical community manager @ Postman. This community is a part of apidays. You can check more about the community here, Women in APIs | apidays GlobalOrganisations need APIs, and APIs need people to bring them to life. At apidays, just like…