API 101 Using Postman

API 101 Using Postman

Table of contents

No heading

No headings in the article.

Attending an amazing session on basics of API conducted by Byld-IIIT Delhi.

API: Application programming interface

It basically is the middleman between two applications. Let's take an example: You are gone to a foreign country but you don't know their native language so you take a translator with you so that you can converse with the native country men. In this case you and the country men are two different applications and the translator acts as an API.

Learnt the basics functionalities of postman and learnt various functionalities of basics of API like: fetching data, putting data, updating and deleting the data. Get:It is use to fetch the data. In order to add the data we have to go for a Post request. If you want to update your existing data then go for a Put request and finally if you want to delete then go for Delete request.

The session was not just listening and listening but involved us working on the postman platform by ourselves under the guidance of Byld it members. We got involved in activities and the club members guide us well throughout. We worked on an existing API and tried different functionalities. It was fun time adding, updating and deleting some jokes(though my sense of humor is still intact):)

api.png

Thanks to Jaideep Guntupalli for making the session fun and interesting with different analogies.

#PostmanStudent #PostmanAPI