Calling APIs

Tools for Exploration

• Postman https://www.getpostman.com/apps
• cURL https://curl.haxx.se/
• HTTPie https://httpie.org/

Postman

• Postman is a client for interacting with APIs

DEMO TIME

Postman Demo

How to

• Query an API endpoint
• Pass parameters (params) within the request
• Read the formatted response within the UI
• Save collections of requests