What I learned from interviewing potential users before designing an API

I’ve been working on the Postman Open Technologies Knowledge Base project with the goal of implementing the Knowledge Base API. I’ve followed…

Build a successful API by understanding user personas

Postman Open Technologies Knowledge Base is a new project with the goal of providing insights from a vast amount of information about…

Big improvements to Postman API Governance

Last year, as part of Postman v10, we released the ability to set up an API governance program with the click of…

Postman Quickstarts: a hands-on learning experience

Postman Quickstarts is a new hands-on, tutorial learning experience for the Postman community. Most Quickstarts lessons will guide you through the process…

Introducing support for templating in Postman mock servers

We’re continuously striving to advance the Postman API Platform with the tools and solutions that will help you build your APIs easily…

Postman essentials: exploring the collection format

If you’re one of the 20 million people who use Postman, then you’ve worked with Postman Collections in one way or another….

5 Ways an API Platform Boosts Productivity and Efficiency Across Your Org

API platforms are optimized for success across the API lifecycle. They’re hyper-focused on meeting the needs of consumers and other stakeholders, using…

A Year After Google vs. Oracle: Why S3-Compatible APIs Are Legal

It’s been a full year since the US Supreme Court upheld a ruling in the Google vs. Oracle API copyright case. Their…

5 Tips for a Game-Changing API Design Review

Google had an API problem. As described in their 2016 paper, “API Design Reviews at Scale,” the number of APIs produced grew…

API Lifecycle Stages: The 8-Point Blueprint

A well-defined API lifecycle is essential for taking full advantage of operating on an API platform and being able to effectively govern…

A Timeline of Postman’s Journey to Become an API Platform

A common question we often hear is: what is the Postman story and how did we evolve to become the API platform…

What Is an API-First Company?

The concept of API-first has been picking up momentum over the last five years, but it is something that often means different…