Abstract:
I attended an event at my school(University of buea) that talked about an introduction to API’s(API 101 with Postman).During this event i learned about what an API is, and I was able to use the postman API to generate a get and post request from the user. In this article I would be walking us through what an API is and also what postman API is.
what is an API??
An API stands for Application Programming interface. It refers to a technology or mechanism that helps two two softwares or applications to communicate with each other using a set of defined protocols. In simple terms it’s a software that allows two applications talk to each other. .
We use APIs in our everyday life. Some aplications of APIs include
Weather snippets, login with uvw(at times when we want to visit a website and we are ask to login with google or even github.), google maps and just to name a few.
what is POSTMAN API??
Now that we know what an API is all about we are going to talking about APIs with postman.
Basically postman is an API that help developers create and use APIs. It also allows collaboration so as to build better APIs. So postman is an API itself.
Now that we know about APIs and postman I’m going to be talking about what I learned at the event.
In other for you to use postman you need to first create an account. So to do so we used thi link
Once you have created an account you can access their documentary from the Basics of API at the top left of your screen. so as to see the various steps on how to get started in creating your own API.
In conclusion the event was very amaizing and also the instructor @SalomeTambe was really great. I learned alot about APIs and looking forward to creating my own API using postman API.
Thank you for reading.
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