Installing Postman

The penultimate tool we’ll cover in this chapter is Postman. We’ll build a lot of APIs, and we need some tools to rapidly and easily test them. It’s a tool that helps developers interact with and test APIs.

Here’s what Postman helps you do:

• Build APIs: You can design and plan out your API using Postman’s tools.
• Test APIs: Send requests (such as asking for information) and see the responses (the information you get back) from the API. This helps ensure the API works as expected.
• Work with APIs: Postman lets you easily send different kinds of requests to APIs and see the results. It’s like having a remote control for the API.

Here’s how you can install it:

1. Go to https://www.postman.com/downloads/.
2. Click on your OS’s name and download the relevant file.
3. Install it.

After installing Postman, open it. At this point, you can insert any URL into the URL section. There...