Ian Douglas

Sending and debugging binary data in Postman requests

Postman has come a long way to becoming the comprehensive platform that allows developers to test and build APIs of different frameworks…

Examining use cases for asynchronous APIs: webhooks and WebSockets

In an age where digital immediacy and real-time feedback dominate user expectations, asynchronous APIs stand out as a beacon for enhanced interactivity…

Serverless architecture and the feasibility of serverless APIs

The idea of serverless architecture has garnered attention in the tech world due to its ability to simplify deployment, reduce costs, and…

The Postman CLI vs. Newman: choose the right tool for you

API testing is a big part of Postman’s history, and it continues to be a primary use of our platform. To extend…

Using AI tools like ChatGPT to control IoT lights

On a recent livestream, I had the pleasure of hosting Postman’s Jan Schenk and Saswat Das to talk about how we used…

How to choose HTTP or gRPC for your next API

I recently hosted a Postman livestream, “How We Built it: gRPC Support,” with a few members of the Postman engineering team. During…

How we built it: gRPC support

I recently invited some of our development team to a livestream event to discuss how Postman introduced gRPC support earlier this year….

Next-Level Automation Tricks for Newman

Newman is Postman’s tool that allows you to run collections of requests, and their associated scripting, from the command line. And yes,…

When and How to Use JSON Serialization in Postman

As a new member of Postman’s developer advocacy team, I was recently tasked with completing our 30 Days of Postman challenge. This…