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How Postman uses Postman: leveling up design, testing, and collaboration
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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….
API design interview questions
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According to Postman’s 2023 State of the API report, over 75% of respondents agree that developers at API-first companies are more productive,…
Updates to the Private API Network: new workflows for approval, discovery, and search
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Postman’s Private API Network provides a centralized repository for publishing and distributing all of the APIs within your organization. It also supports…
OpenAPI vs. Swagger
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Swagger 2 and OpenAPI 3 are API specifications that describe RESTful HTTP APIs in YAML- or JSON-based documents that can be read…
Translating user benefits into API capabilities
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As part of my ongoing work designing the Postman Open Technologies Knowledge Base API, I have identified most of the technical characteristics…
What I learned from interviewing potential users before designing an API
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I’ve been working on the Postman Open Technologies Knowledge Base project with the goal of implementing the Knowledge Base API. I’ve followed…
The 5 dimensions of API consistency
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API governance often rhymes with consistency because consistent APIs significantly maximize the value generated by APIs. But achieving the creation of APIs…
Consistent API designs make people feel outrageously smart
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API governance aims to help people maximize the value generated by APIs by fostering the creation of the right APIs in “the…
How to enhance your API-first design process
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An API-first design should be reusable, interoperable, modifiable, user-friendly, secure, efficient, pragmatic, and—crucially—aligned with the organization’s goals. These essential traits will ensure…
RAML and API Blueprint: where are they now?
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The API design battles have long been settled. But occasionally, someone asks, “Should I use RAML, or should I use OpenAPI?” If…