{"id":183581,"date":"2024-04-02T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=183581"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:56:11","slug":"postman-what-is-it-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/postman-what-is-it-how-does-it-work","title":{"rendered":"Postman: What is it? How does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"183581\" class=\"elementor elementor-183581\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3937cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"f3937cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fff4a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fff4a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are of vital importance in the field of data science. They make it easier to access and manipulate data from a variety of sources, including social networks, cloud services and databases.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85edfe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85edfe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Tools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/step-by-step-guide-installing-tensorflow-with-anaconda-on-macos\">TensorFlow<\/a>, Scikit-learn and Pandas are examples of data science APIs that simplify analysis, data processing and the integration of predictive models into applications. They also enable data sets to be enriched using external resources, making <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-science-bootcamp-definition-training-benefits\">data science<\/a> work more efficient. The<strong> Postman<\/strong> application makes it easy to use them!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c30095 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"3c30095\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c656a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c656a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Decoding Postman<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7edb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a7edb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Among the many solutions available for querying or testing <strong>APIs,<\/strong> Postman stands out for its tailored tools and ease of use, in both desktop and online formats. Its features include the<strong> API Repository, API Tools, API Governance and Postman Integrations.<\/strong> Let&#8217;s take a closer look at each of these solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab8be6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab8be6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/postman.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db4a92f elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"db4a92f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-engineer-course\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn all about Postman<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a9030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6a9030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">1. API Repository<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f555ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f555ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This platform provides a centralised online storage space for all essential information relating to APIs.<\/p><p>It facilitates collaboration within teams by enabling the creation, organisation and control of different versions of the APIs developed. This ensures that everyone is using the right version of the tools and documents. In addition, it allows the use of <strong>API design tools such as OpenAPI, GraphQL or RAML to simplify the creation of APIs<\/strong> and integrate them with other code management and deployment tools.<\/p><p>Developers can also take advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/github-what-is-it\">Git<\/a>, a version control system, to automatically manage API documentation, tests and specifications while working on the code. This makes it possible to track all changes and maintain rigorous organisation.<\/p><p>Postman allows APIs to be shared within the team (Private Network) or publicly (Public Network), making it easier to discover new APIs or to make your organisation&#8217;s APIs available to other users. In addition, it offers a powerful search tool for easily finding information in the API database.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d835f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42d835f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">2. API Tools<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95da3b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95da3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postman is a comprehensive platform for accelerating the API management process, offering a plethora of tools for designing, testing, documenting, simulating, sharing and discovering APIs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d318a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82d318a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>- <u><i>Client API<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/u><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9f16bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9f16bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It makes it easy to explore, debug and test APIs for HTTP, REST, SOAP, GraphQL and WebSockets protocols. It automatically identifies response language, links and text format for easy inspection. It also supports various authentication protocols.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e3eeac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e3eeac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>- <u><i>API specification design<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/u><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa6749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afa6749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postman makes it easy to design API specifications using formats such as OpenAPI, RAML, GraphQL or SOAP. Its schema editor validates specifications and generates collections for various stages of the API lifecycle from these specifications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2099450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2099450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/postman-api-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a15120 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8a15120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-engineer-course\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Training to use Postman<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe0a14a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe0a14a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>- <u><i>Automatic documentation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/u><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acbe81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acbe81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It generates documents from OpenAPI files, including sample code in different languages. In addition, the platform offers automatic documentation, supporting machine-readable markdowns and formats.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce5733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ce5733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>- <u><i>Tests and simulations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/u><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4074904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4074904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postman lets you create and run tests directly or via Newman, a collections runner. It offers a Node.js runtime for writing functional, integration, regression and other tests. What&#8217;s more, dummy servers can be created to simulate the operation of the API before it goes into production, allowing simulation of end points and network latency.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f4e63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f4e63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>- <u><i>Surveillance and security<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/u><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-149bdbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"149bdbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postman monitors help to monitor the status and performance of APIs in different geographical regions, and can be integrated with other alerting systems and dashboards. In addition, the Postman interceptor captures browser requests and cookies for easy debugging, while the proxy can be used with HTTP or HTTPS websites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bbcd02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8bbcd02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">3. API Gouvernance<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6b3da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b6b3da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Postman&#8217;s API Governance<\/strong> provides development teams with API governance by delivering API design rules directly to where developers work. This approach to governance across the entire API lifecycle improves the quality of APIs and encourages collaboration between development teams and API design teams.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0ffca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0ffca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/postman-api-2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b323c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49b323c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postman&#8217;s API Security functionality simplifies the integration of organisational policies into <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/api-google-cloud-platform\">API development<\/a> for developers. By moving security to an earlier stage, organisations can invest earlier in the API lifecycle, while equipping API teams with guidelines and policies to deliver more secure APIs.<\/p><p>Postman&#8217;s reporting dashboard <strong>provides in-depth analysis of your APIs,<\/strong> helping to understand the overall state of your API landscape. It quickly identifies undocumented, untested or unmaintained APIs, improving operational management and efficient use of team resources. In addition, security audits for access tokens ensure secure use of your instance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f52d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f52d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">4. Postman Integration<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddded9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddded9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Postman connects to key tools such as AWS API Gateway, GitHub and Jenkins to prioritise APIs. In addition, its new integrations with AWS API Gateway, GitHub and Jenkins make it easier to create, test and deploy APIs via the Postman platform.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74612b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b74612b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be40f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be40f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In conclusion<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9a2215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9a2215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Postman<\/strong> is a complete solution for simplifying API management, offering a range of complementary tools. 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