Creating Requests in Postman-API Testing

So you want to test APIs? This article will cover how to create GET, POST requests as an introduction. A prerequisite for this is downloading Postman(free from https://www.postman.com/downloads/) and creating an account which is also free.

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For each request, you will start by opening your Postman application and creating a new tab(see screenshot below)

You can change the type of requests by selecting the drop-down(see screenshot below)

You will also enter the URL for the request here(see screenshot below)

GET REQUESTS

• GET requests retrieve data from an API. No information is modified from GET calls, you will be receiving information that already exists.