Automate backups of your Postman Collections with the Postman API
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Postman enables you to manually back up your data and recover deleted collections. While keeping backups of your Postman Collections is always…
What is API mocking?
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This is a guest post written by Allen Helton, ecosystem engineer at Momento. Software development has never moved faster than it does…
Creating the right Postman workspace for your needs just got easier
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When we first released Postman workspaces, we wanted it to be a place to bring people and resources together for easier collaboration….
What is Protobuf?
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Protobuf, which is short for “Protocol Buffers,” is an efficient, language-agnostic data serialization mechanism. It enables developers to define structured data in…
Best practices for API error handling
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Error handling is a crucial part of working with APIs. When an API encounters an issue, such as invalid input data or…
How ADVICEment uses Postman tests to poll and trigger multiple API requests
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This is a guest post written by Igor Rodionov, founder of ADVICEment. In the dynamic realm of API development, there are instances…
What is API encryption?
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API encryption is the process of encoding data that is sent between a client and an API in order to prevent unauthorized…
How to use GraphQL subscriptions
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In today’s digital landscape, where user expectations for real-time interactions continue to soar, GraphQL subscriptions provide a crucial link between conventional APIs…
Becoming an e-commerce architect: 12 API integration skills for developers
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This is a guest post written by Mike Sedzielewski, co-founder of Voucherify. “APIs changed their lives!” is a headline I hope to…
How Postman uses Postman: endpoint monitoring, continuous testing, and API-first design
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We love hearing from our community about how you’re using Postman to improve your API development experience—it truly continues to inspire us….
Your 2024 guide to mastering API documentation
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This is a guest post by Jainam Barbhaya, a passionate frontend developer with a flair for simplifying complex ideas. With APIs being…
Why I joined Postman: powering the engine of growth with the API client
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How does a simple tool for executing REST commands become the platform for API tooling worldwide? And then how should this platform…