Postman: The Complete Guide – REST API Testing

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and first steps in Postman

Lecture 1: Course overview

Lecture 2: About the course

Lecture 3: How to install Postman

Lecture 4: A quick introduction to APIs

Lecture 5: Your first Postman request

Lecture 6: Troubleshooting Postman errors

Lecture 7: Using Postman on the web

Lecture 8: A brief overview of HTTP

Lecture 9: The Postman Landscape

Chapter 2: Creating REST API requests with Postman

Lecture 1: Section overview

Lecture 2: Resources for this section

Lecture 3: Postman collections

Lecture 4: Storing configuration in collection variables

Lecture 5: Modifying collection variables

Lecture 6: GET request

Lecture 7: Visualizing responses in Postman

Lecture 8: Query parameters

Lecture 9: Misconceptions about API parameters

Lecture 10: Assignment – Query parameters

Lecture 11: Assignment – Query parameters – Solution

Lecture 12: Shortcuts in Postman

Lecture 13: Path variables

Lecture 14: Troubleshooting Path variables

Lecture 15: Query params vs Path variables

Lecture 16: The business processes and rules behind an API

Lecture 17: POST request

Lecture 18: Assignment – Check cart contents

Lecture 19: Assignment – Check cart contents – Solution

Lecture 20: JSON format explained

Lecture 21: POST request with JSON

Lecture 22: Troubleshooting POST requests

Lecture 23: GET vs POST

Lecture 24: API Authentication

Lecture 25: Troubleshooting HTTP status codes

Lecture 26: Assignment – Place an order

Lecture 27: Troubleshooting – Place an order

Lecture 28: Assignment – Place an order – Solution

Lecture 29: Using random data in requests (random variables)

Lecture 30: Working with HTTP headers in Postman

Lecture 31: Common questions about HTTP headers

Lecture 32: Headers vs query vs params

Lecture 33: Exporting and Importing a Postman collection

Lecture 34: PATCH request method

Lecture 35: Assignment – PATCH request method

Lecture 36: Assignment – PATCH request method – Solution

Lecture 37: Using Postman variables to avoid duplication

Lecture 38: PATCH request method – continued

Lecture 39: PUT request method

Lecture 40: DELETE request method

Lecture 41: Assignment – Delete an order

Lecture 42: Assignment – Delete an order – Solution

Lecture 43: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH … What is the difference?

Lecture 44: HEAD request method

Lecture 45: Assignment – Valentin's Book List API

Lecture 46: Assignment – Valentin's Book List API – Solution

Chapter 3: Practice section – Building REST API requests

Lecture 1: Section overview

Lecture 2: Why learn to use real-world APIs?

Lecture 3: Troubleshooting

Lecture 4: Using the API documentation

Lecture 5: Using the API documentation – Assignment

Lecture 6: Using API documentation – Assignment Solution

Lecture 7: Using identifiers when working with resources

Lecture 8: Troubleshooting – API call is returning HTML

Lecture 9: Assignment – Creating resources – Lists

Lecture 10: Assignment – Creating resources – Lists – Solution

Lecture 11: Assignment – Creating resources – Cards

Lecture 12: Assignment – Creating resources – Cards – Solution

Lecture 13: Assignment – Managing resources

Lecture 14: Assignment – Managing resources – Solution

Lecture 15: Assignment – Deleting resources

Lecture 16: Assignment – Deleting resources – Solution

Lecture 17: Protect your API keys

Chapter 4: Introduction to API testing & JavaScript

Lecture 1: Section overview

Lecture 2: A short history of JavaScript

Lecture 3: Your first Postman script

Lecture 4: Your first API test in Postman

Lecture 5: Defining JavaScript variables

Lecture 6: Using “let” to define JavaScript variables

Lecture 7: Conventions for naming JavaScript variables