10 things about Postman everyone should know
summary
Postman proves to be an end-to-end API platform used by about 25 million people with ~855 million requests daily and ten concrete features: the Postman API that lets scripts fetch collections and environments, multi‑protocol clients (HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket), the Visualizer (embed HTML/CSS, D3), built‑in data‑faking libraries, workflow control via pm.setNextRequest and pm.sendRequest, mock servers that return editable examples, collection‑level tests, scheduled runs and CI integration with Newman CLI, and the visual Postman Flows (GA March) plus docs and an AI test generator.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 5:09Workspace
- 5:50Postman API
- 7:59Multi-protocols
- 12:48Postman Visualizer
- 15:28Built-in Libraries
- 16:02Workflow Control
- 19:18Mock Servers
- 21:30Collection-Level Information
- 22:45Scheduled and Automated Runs
- 25:03Flows
- 28:47Documentation Pizazz
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