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Install and Verify Postman for testing back-end API endpoints (Mentorship-Backend)
Prerequisites:
- Install Postman - (How to)
Steps:
- Launch the Postman app
- In the left navigation pane, select Collections, and expand the Postman Echo collection
- Expand the Request Methods folder in the Postman Echo collection [ Take Screenshot #1 ]
- Click on and run the GET Request test under the Request Methods folder by pressing the Send button to the right of the request at the top of the screen
- In the response section at the bottom of the screen, view the response Body, Cookies, Headers, and Test Results
- If the response indicates the endpoint has been moved to a different URL, modify the GET request and SEND the request to the new endpoint.
- Take a screenshot of the GET Request Response body [ Take Screenshot #2 ]
- Run all the tests in the Postman Echo collection to verify your setup and become comfortable testing API endpoints with Postman
Resources:
- If you need help or get lost, post a response to our Participant Questions in our #gci stream.
- Systers Mentorship Backend GitHub Repository
- Learn more about exploratory API testing with Postman
Work Submission:
Share Screenshot #1 and Screenshot #2 by uploading them in a Google Drive folder / Pastebin Images and sharing a link which is publicly accessible.
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hemino, doteq, Alfan Jauhari