https://github.com/chinmaykaitade/postman-api-testing
Collection of Postman API testing projects—including "Student Expert" certification prep and advanced library workflows.
https://github.com/chinmaykaitade/postman-api-testing
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Collection of Postman API testing projects—including "Student Expert" certification prep and advanced library workflows.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/chinmaykaitade/postman-api-testing
- Owner: ChinmayKaitade
- Created: 2024-09-29T13:08:51.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-09-02T09:34:06.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-02T11:27:02.613Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: automated-testing, manual-testing, postman, postman-api-collection, postman-testing, testing-api
- Homepage: https://www.postman.com/
- Size: 245 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# Postman API Testing 🔥🚀
### 🚀 **Postman API Testing & Automation Summary** 🚀
Postman is a powerful tool for both **manual API testing** and **automating API workflows**, making it essential for developers to test, debug, and document APIs efficiently. Here's a combined overview of both API testing and automation in Postman:
### Public APIs for Reference : https://freeapi.app/
## [Click to Checkout API Collection Documentation](https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/33792038/2sAXqzWyFN)
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#### 🛠️ **1. Installation & Setup**
- Install Postman as a desktop or web app.
- Create an account to save and manage your API requests easily.
#### 🌐 **2. Creating & Sending API Requests**
- Select the request type (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE).
- Enter the API endpoint (URL), parameters, headers, and authentication details.
- Click **Send** to get a response and view status codes (e.g., 200, 404) and response data (JSON, XML, etc.).
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### 🧪 **API Testing in Postman** 🧪
#### ✅ **3. Writing Tests & Assertions**
- Write **JavaScript tests** to validate API responses, status codes, or check specific data fields.
- Example: Ensure a status code is 200 or a JSON field exists.
#### 🗂️ **4. Collections**
- Organize related API requests into **Collections**, which can be reused and shared easily.
#### 🌍 **5. Environment Variables**
- Use **Environment Variables** to store values like API keys, URLs, and tokens to switch between different environments (dev, test, prod) seamlessly.
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### 🤖 **Postman Automation** 🤖
#### 🚀 **6. Collection Runner**
- Run multiple API requests and tests in a **Collection** automatically.
- View detailed test results like passed/failed tests, response times, and errors.
#### 📊 **7. Data-Driven Testing**
- Automate testing with **CSV/JSON** files by running the same request with multiple sets of input data.
#### 🖥️ **8. Newman CLI**
- Use **Newman**, Postman’s command-line tool, to run collections via the terminal.
- Integrate Postman tests into your **CI/CD pipelines** to automate testing with each code deployment.
#### ⏲️ **9. Postman Monitors**
- Schedule **Monitors** to automate tests at specific intervals, ensuring APIs continue to perform well over time.
#### ⚙️ **10. Pre-Request & Post-Request Scripting**
- Use **Pre-request scripts** to automate tasks before requests (e.g., setting headers, generating tokens).
- Use **Post-request scripts** to automate tasks after requests, like **chaining** requests by passing data between them.
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### 🔄 **Continuous Testing & Monitoring** 🔄
#### 📡 **11. Integration with CI/CD Tools**
- Postman integrates with tools like **Jenkins**, **GitHub Actions**, and others to automate tests as part of your CI/CD process.
#### 🕵️♂️ **12. Mock Servers**
- Set up **Mock Servers** to simulate APIs for testing workflows when the actual API isn’t ready.
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### ✨ **Key Benefits** ✨
- 🕒 **Save Time**: Automate repetitive API testing tasks.
- 🐞 **Catch Bugs Early**: Run tests continuously with each code deployment.
- 📈 **Ensure API Stability**: Use monitors for ongoing API health checks.
- 🤝 **Team Collaboration**: Share collections and documentation with your team easily.
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Postman’s powerful API testing and automation capabilities streamline both development and testing workflows, ensuring efficient, reliable, and scalable API operations.