How to export specific request to file using postman?
I want to export one specific request from a Postman extension (Chromium) and send it to another developer so that they can import it. How I can do this? 8 Answers 8
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How to make remote REST call inside Node.js? any CURL?
In Node.js, other than using child process to make CURL call, is there a way to make CURL call to remote server REST API and get the return data? I also need to set up the request header to the remote REST call, and also query string as well in GET (or POST). I find … Read more
Are there any naming convention guidelines for REST APIs? [closed]
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 3 years ago. Improve this question When creating REST APIs, are there any guidelines or defacto standards for naming conventions within the … Read more
Best practice for partial updates in a RESTful service
I am writing a RESTful service for a customer management system and I am trying to find the best practice for updating records partially. For example, I want the caller to be able to read the full record with a GET request. But for updating it only certain operations on the record are allowed, like … Read more
Transactions across REST microservices?
Let’s say we have a User, Wallet REST microservices and an API gateway that glues things together. When Bob registers on our website, our API gateway needs to create a user through the User microservice and a wallet through the Wallet microservice. Now here are a few scenarios where things could go wrong: User Bob … Read more
Security of REST authentication schemes
Background: I’m designing the authentication scheme for a REST web service. This doesn’t “really” need to be secure (it’s more of a personal project) but I want to make it as secure as possible as an exercise/learning experience. I don’t want to use SSL since I don’t want the hassle and, mostly, the expense of … Read more
How to download excel (.xls) file from API in postman?
I am having an API endpoint and Authorization token for that API. The said API is for .xls report download, how can I view the downloaded .xls file using (if possible) Postman? If it is not possible using Postman what are the other programmatic ways I should be looking for? 4 Answers 4
‘Best’ practice for restful POST response
So nothing new here I am just trying to get some clarification and cannot seem to find any in other posts. I am creating a new resource restulfully, say: /books (POST) with a body: { title: ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, author: ‘C. S. Lewis’ } I know that I should return a … Read more
REST vs JSON-RPC? [closed]
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 2 years ago. Improve this question I’m trying to chose between REST and JSON-RPC for developing an API for a web application. … Read more
How to create REST URLs without verbs?
I’m struggling to determine how to design restful URLs. I’m all for the restful approach of using URLs with nouns and not verbs don’t understand how to do this. We are creating a service to implement a financial calculator. The calculator takes a bunch of parameters that we will upload via a CSV file. The … Read more
