Postman Instructions

Setting up a postman request

1. Go to Postman.comhttps://www.postman.com/downloads/ and signdownload up for free.

2. Go to your Workspaces and create a new Collection for your tests.

• Click the New Request button (looks like a +)
• You'll need to know what endpoint you are using, which are going to be located here: http://account-staging.efilecabinet.net/api/apihelp/index.html
• Once you know what type of endpoint you are using, update the type (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc...)
  

  

  
  
• Paste the endpoint into the Request URL box and make sure to update the URL to point to the desired environment (Staging, Prod, etc...)
  

  

  
  
• Select Body and paste the needed info into the Request Body and make sure to select the type (in this case it is raw JSON)
  

  

  
  
• Click Authorization
• Select Bearer Token
• Add a valid Token into the field
  • The quickest way to grab an access token is to log in to the desired environment (Staging in this example)
  • Open the dev tools and select Network -> Configuration and you'll find the Bearer token:
    

    

• Click Send
• Check the Response that will display at the bottom of Postman
  • There are two main areas to ckeck, the Status and the Body. Those will give you all the info about the request you just sent:
    

    

    
    
  • Be sure to check the responses in http://account-staging.efilecabinet.net/api/apihelp/index.html to validate that what response you are seeing is what is expected 
    
    
• For each new test, you can click the three dots next to your collection or right-click it and add a request.
  *You can save your requests and add comments for future reference and when re-running the tests during releases.