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This document provides instructions for using Postman to make API requests. It explains how to download Postman, create a collection to store requests and responses, select the request method and add the API URL, add headers to the request, view the response, and save the request and response to a Postman project.

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Interview Questions Company

This document provides instructions for using Postman to make API requests. It explains how to download Postman, create a collection to store requests and responses, select the request method and add the API URL, add headers to the request, view the response, and save the request and response to a Postman project.

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Ramesh Gupta
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1.

Google -> download postman

2. Select the 1st result


3. Scroll down to select the Windows OS and then select the 64bit (or 32bit) version. Ideally it gets
auto selected.

4. Click Sign-In option and at Sign-in page > check out at bottom for text “Take me straight to the
app”. You will not need to use login and directly you will be accessing the app.
5. Postman allows to create a FOLDER with this you can store all request and response. This folder
is knows as “Collection” here.

6. Select the API request method > GET (from drop down) and type the API endpoint url. Refer
below image
7. Lets add Header in this API request, Click at “Header” tab for all header related information.

I typed a most common API header “content-type”. POSTMAN tool is intelligent, this will suggest you
the similar headers post you start typing. Here I typed “plain” and this tool suggested the value
“text/plain
Or when I type “Jso” it suggested me the below

8. Since for the GET request , there is no payload is sent hence “Body” tab is disabled in this case.

Please note that POST method in API sends body (Payload), then body tab will get enabled. When you
select POST from dropdown, you will notice “Body” tab gets enabled.
9. When I hit “Send” button below screen displayed (This is response for GET request)

In this Response, please verify that “Cookies” and “Header” are displaying count, which means response
has these many number of headers and other information

Click at “Cookies” and cookies will be displayed


Click at Headers tab and all headers will be displayed

Now let’s save this request and response to our Project


This is our Project

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