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5 Jul 2023 4 min read

Sending your First Request through Postman

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By Nutan Gaikwad

Senior QA Tester

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Sending Your First Request Through Postman

Sending your First Request through Postman

Postman enables you to create and send API requests.

You can send a request to an endpoint, retrieve data from a data source, or test an API's functionality.

You don't need to enter commands in a terminal or write any code.

All you have to do is to create a new request and select Send, and the API response appears right inside Postman.

Let me explain to you.

API requests defined

APIs provide a structured way for one application to access the capabilities of another application. Typically, this communication happens over the internet by way of an API server. A client application (like a mobile app) sends a request to the server, and after the request processes the server returns a response to the client.

A request includes the URL of the API endpoint and an HTTP request method. The method indicates the action you want the API to perform. Here are some of the most common methods:

  • GET retrieves data from an API.
  • POST sends new data to an API.
  • PATCH and PUT update existing data.
  • DELETE removes existing data.

Sending a request

When you're ready, open Postman and send your first request.

  1. Select + in the workbench to open a new tab.
  2. Enter postman-echo.com/get for the request URL.
  3. Select Send.

Postman displays the response data sent from the server in the lower pane.

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What happened?

In this example, Postman is acting as the client application and is communicating with an API server. Here's what happened when you selected Send:

  1. Postman sent a GET request to the Postman Echo API server located at postman-echo.com.
  2. The API server received the request, processed it, and returned a response to Postman.
  3. Postman received the response and displayed it in the Response pane.
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Next step?

Now that you've sent your first request, you're ready to do more with Postman!

You can send more requests to the Postman Echo API, a handy tool you can use to test API requests in Postman. 

You can also send ME requests for any help you require, I'll be happy to assist you!

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By Nutan Gaikwad

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