{"id":18308,"date":"2020-09-05T08:18:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T08:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=18308"},"modified":"2020-09-05T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T09:47:41","slug":"postman-what-is-postman-and-how-do-i-set-up-the-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/postman-what-is-postman-and-how-do-i-set-up-the-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Postman &#8211; What is Postman, and how do I set-up the tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Postman<\/strong> is a <strong>little program<\/strong>, or a <strong>Chrome extension<\/strong> to be precise, which allows you to access <strong>RESTful APIs <\/strong>in a very convenient way, with a graphical user interface and an easy way to send data and see response data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">How to download Postman?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. First of all go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postman.com\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.postman.com\/downloads\/<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it will show you two Options to use Postman, <br>   1. Download Postman App.<br>   2. Use Postman on Web.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-type.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18314\" width=\"365\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-type.png 486w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-type-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">How to Set-up Postman?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now If you have Downloaded or using web version the Further process will be same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. If you have no Account of postman then simply create an account else Login with your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-login.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-login.png 629w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-login-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Login or Sign-up you will get the interface like below. where you perform further process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-dashboard-1024x545.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-dashboard-1024x545.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-dashboard-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-dashboard-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/postman-dashboard.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Our Postman Setup is Done.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will learn how to use postman in next Blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-use-postman-api-client\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to go<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postman is a little program, or a Chrome extension to be precise, which allows you to access RESTful APIs in a very convenient way, with a graphical user interface and an easy way to send data and see response data. 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