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Learn Postman with a Postman Supernova.
RESTful APIs (or simply REST API) are everywhere nowadays, but at the same time, they are getting more complex to get started with: different HTTP methods (
This is where the Postman App comes in. Postman allows you very quickly to create a request with the required HTTP method and parameters, submit the request and easily inspect the results.
Learn Postman with a Postman Supernova.
RESTful APIs (or simply REST API) are everywhere nowadays, but at the same time, they are getting more complex to get started with: different HTTP methods (
This is where the Postman App comes in. Postman allows you very quickly to create a request with the required HTTP method and parameters, submit the request and easily inspect the results.
I have created this course for testing engineers as well as for software developers or other technical positions. Postman can help you during the development of your API, as well as after the API is completed, by running tests that make sure your API is still working as intended.
In the first part of the course, we will start exploring the features of Postman and continue by writing API tests with the intention of integrating them into a CI server where the tests will run on a current basis.
But this is not the normal course you take part in. Because your needs may be different and because I hate leaving you wondering what to do next, the second part of the course will include user questions and answers to problems that were not yet covered in the course or that are more specific and may not interest everybody.
So let’s look at what you are going to learn:
HTTP request methods (
Start writing API tests
Organize tests in collections and share them with your team
Run API tests in Jenkins or any other CI server
You ask, I answer
So after this course, you will know how to use Postman as a pro.
Excited to learn Postman? Join the course today.
In this lecture, I wanted to give you an overview of the entire course.
Welcome to the first quiz of this course! This section is packed with information. Let's pause for a second and make sure you understand the most important ideas so far.
In this quiz, we'll be testing your knowledge about installing Postman, as well as some core concepts around APIs.
Let's get started!
This section was packed with information. Let's make sure you got the most important concepts so far.
In this quiz, we'll be testing your knowledge about APIs, as well as some core concepts around HTTP.
Let's get started!
Postman collections allow you to organize and group your API requests in a way that makes them easy to find, use, and share with others.
A Postman collection is a group of requests. Each request in a collection has its own set of properties, such as the request method, URL, and headers. You can also add documentation and test scripts to each request, which can be useful for testing and debugging your API.
Understanding how Postman collections and variables work is key to properly using Postman and not running into issues.
Let's make sure you understand everything so far.
You will be working a lot with query parameters in Postman. Let's do a quick quiz to make sure that you understand the most important ideas about query parameters when dealing with APIs.
Before watching the solution to this assignment, please use this quiz to test how many of the steps in this assignment you have managed to complete.
You should be able to complete at least 6/8 steps. If you are below this threshold, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
Before watching the solution to this assignment, please use this quiz to test how many of the steps in this assignment you manage to complete on your own.
You should be able to complete at least 5/8 steps. If you are below this threshold, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
Before watching the solution to this assignment, please use this quiz to test how many of the steps in this assignment you manage to complete on your own.
You should be able to complete all steps in this assignment. If you are below this threshold, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
While any API documentation should provide enough guidance in terms of which HTTP methods to use, let's make sure you get a general idea about why we have different HTTP methods.
This assignment is designed to test what you have learned in this section.
Try to complete at least 7/9 steps in this assignment. If you are below this threshold, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
This assignment will guide you through reading the Trello API documentation and making your first requests.
Try to complete at least 10/12 steps in this assignment. If you are below this threshold, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
This assignment will guide you through reading the Trello API documentation and adding two lists to a Trello board: TODO and DONE.
Try to complete ALL steps in this assignment on your own. If you face any issues, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
This assignment will guide you through reading the Trello API documentation and creating a card within the TODO list.
Try to complete ALL steps in this assignment on your own. If you face any issues, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question."
This assignment will guide you through reading the Trello API documentation and finding a way to move a card from the TODO list to the DONE list.
Try to complete ALL steps in this assignment on your own. If you face any issues, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question.”
This assignment will guide you through reading the Trello API documentation and finding a way to delete a board from your Trello account.
Try to complete ALL steps in this assignment on your own. If you face any issues, please revisit the previous lectures in this section.
If you can't complete a step, that's fine. Simply click on "No," and after this, click on "Skip question.”
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