I am posting this, as I’m JUST starting to learn APIs.
In all my years in IT, I have avoided using APIs.
I always thought they were for someone else with a higher purpose.
So why post this?
Well, it might help someone get going with APIs, same as me.
No, this is not a tutorial.
This is me, using other persons’ efforts, and making an easy to consume use of APIs for the first time.
Seasoned API user?
Please give me some slack here, as this is just to get started….
A couple of blog posts stood out for me when learning this…
https://blog.postman.com/curl-and-postman-work-wonderfully-together/
https://www.vgemba.net/vmware/VCSA-API-Postman/
First off, you will be using software called Postman.
The free tier is enough for this summary.
So here’s my take on the actions in Postman, taken from the 2 blogs…
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