# \#tutorial **URL:** https://community.postman.com/tag/tutorial/59.md [Latest](https://community.postman.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.postman.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.postman.com/tags.md) --- ## [Community Spotlight: Week 4 of the Notebooks Challenge!](https://community.postman.com/t/community-spotlight-week-4-of-the-notebooks-challenge/83919)
**Author:** [@gbadebo-bello](https://community.postman.com/u/gbadebo-bello)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/community-spotlight-week-4-of-the-notebooks-challenge/83919 "2025-08-22T18:20:45Z")
Hey everyone, We’re back with another round of community highlights from the Notebooks Challenge, and this week’s lineup is all about AI-powered utility. Note: This spotlight is purely for community celebration and vi… --- ## [🧹 Automate a Chore with an API – $250 prize | 24 Hours Only](https://community.postman.com/t/automate-a-chore-with-an-api-250-prize-24-hours-only/83754)
**Author:** [@gbadebo-bello](https://community.postman.com/u/gbadebo-bello)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/automate-a-chore-with-an-api-250-prize-24-hours-only/83754 "2025-08-22T10:39:31Z")
The weekly community challenge is live, and this week’s prize is bigger. One winner will take home $250 cash. Prompt: Show in a Notebook how you’d hand off a boring chore to an API. Need meal ideas? Want a grocery li… --- ## [📢 Notebooks Office Hour — AMA Session!](https://community.postman.com/t/notebooks-office-hour-ama-session/83790)
**Author:** [@gbadebo-bello](https://community.postman.com/u/gbadebo-bello)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/notebooks-office-hour-ama-session/83790 "2025-08-20T14:49:09Z")
The Notebooks Challenge wraps up this Monday, and we want to help you finish strong! :tada: That’s why we’re hosting a special Office Hour / AMA tomorrow. This is a chance to connect directly with the product team, ask … --- ## [Notebooks Spotlight: See What the Community is Building](https://community.postman.com/t/notebooks-spotlight-see-what-the-community-is-building/83311)
**Author:** [@gbadebo-bello](https://community.postman.com/u/gbadebo-bello)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/notebooks-spotlight-see-what-the-community-is-building/83311 "2025-08-05T21:02:48Z")
We’re thrilled to kick off our weekly Community Spotlight series for the Notebooks Challenge! Each week, we’ll be showcasing standout Notebooks built by community members that inspire us and highlight the versatility of … --- ## [🧠 How well do you know Postman Notebooks?](https://community.postman.com/t/how-well-do-you-know-postman-notebooks/83493)
**Author:** [@gbadebo-bello](https://community.postman.com/u/gbadebo-bello)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-well-do-you-know-postman-notebooks/83493 "2025-08-12T10:32:46Z")
Welcome to the Postman Notebooks Quiz. This is a chance to test your knowledge, learn something new, and maybe even claim some epic bragging rights! The Mission Notebooks let you combine code, Markdown, requests, data,… --- ## [Just Created a Postman Notebook Tutorial](https://community.postman.com/t/just-created-a-postman-notebook-tutorial/83113)
**Author:** [@lunar-module-geolog1](https://community.postman.com/u/lunar-module-geolog1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/just-created-a-postman-notebook-tutorial/83113 "2025-08-01T10:11:20Z")
Hi everyone I just published a Postman Notebook tutorial video on YouTube, and I’m super excited to share it with the community In this video, you’ll learn: What Postman Notebooks are and how they work How to use Ba… --- ## [Collection Backups Made Easy with the Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/collection-backups-made-easy-with-the-postman-api/82271)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/collection-backups-made-easy-with-the-postman-api/82271 "2025-07-14T13:16:00Z")
Postman collections are valuable resources—protecting them with backups is a simple but powerful best practice. Whether you’re running automated processes that regularly update your collections or just want to prevent ma… --- ## [Manage and Automate Postman with the API](https://community.postman.com/t/manage-and-automate-postman-with-the-api/80977)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/manage-and-automate-postman-with-the-api/80977 "2025-06-12T22:40:27Z")
The Postman API Platform lets you create a variety of resources to support every stage of your API development workflow, including: Workspaces — Contain assets you can share with your internal and external teams. Colle… --- ## [Postman API now supports async operations for updating your collections](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-api-now-supports-async-operations-for-updating-your-collections/79929)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-api-now-supports-async-operations-for-updating-your-collections/79929 "2025-05-29T13:24:29Z")
The Postman API provides several endpoints that enable you to programmatically manage your Postman Collections so you don’t have to do it manually with the Postman Desktop or Web app. They include a PUT and PATCH operati… --- ## [Beyond the Basics: Tips and Use Cases for the Postman API MCP Server](https://community.postman.com/t/beyond-the-basics-tips-and-use-cases-for-the-postman-api-mcp-server/80273)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/beyond-the-basics-tips-and-use-cases-for-the-postman-api-mcp-server/80273 "2025-05-27T05:04:19Z")
The Postman API MCP server lets AI agents—Cursor, Claude, or VSCode—manage your various Postman resources (like workspaces, collections, and Spec Hub specifications) by turning natural language commands into API workflow… --- ## [Introducing the Postman API MCP server collection](https://community.postman.com/t/introducing-the-postman-api-mcp-server-collection/80164)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/introducing-the-postman-api-mcp-server-collection/80164 "2025-05-19T15:00:00Z")
We’ve just launched an official Postman API Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. It allows AI agents like Claude and VS Code to help you manage your Postman resources—things like workspaces, collections, specs, mock serv… --- ## [Don’t read the docs. Ask the docs](https://community.postman.com/t/don-t-read-the-docs-ask-the-docs/79542)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/don-t-read-the-docs-ask-the-docs/79542 "2025-05-06T05:02:42Z")
Working with an unfamiliar API can be a slow learning process. You just want to ask something simple, such as: “What are the usage limits?” “Can I run this monitor asynchronously?” “Which endpoint creates a webhook?” I… --- ## [Here’s what we automated so you don’t have to](https://community.postman.com/t/here-s-what-we-automated-so-you-don-t-have-to/79343)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/here-s-what-we-automated-so-you-don-t-have-to/79343 "2025-04-29T15:00:05Z")
If you’ve ever tried to build prompts from live API data, you know how tedious it can get. Extracting the right fields, formatting the prompt, and figuring out what details the model needs is a lot of work. This flow ta… --- ## [Skip the docs. Just ask your API](https://community.postman.com/t/skip-the-docs-just-ask-your-api/78828)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/skip-the-docs-just-ask-your-api/78828 "2025-04-18T15:10:15Z")
We’ve all wasted time digging through API docs trying to answer one simple question. Sometimes the docs are sparse. Other times they are overwhelming. So we built a Postman Flow that connects a collection to an LLM. Usi… --- ## [Enhance Your API Standards Using Spectral and Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/enhance-your-api-standards-using-spectral-and-postman/76858)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/enhance-your-api-standards-using-spectral-and-postman/76858 "2025-03-31T14:59:00Z")
The ​​Postman Collection is a fantastic tool for collaborating with your team throughout the API design, development, testing, and documentation stages. But that’s not all—Postman’s API builder also lets you create and m… --- ## [Manage element tags programmatically in Postman with the Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/manage-element-tags-programmatically-in-postman-with-the-postman-api/76984)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/manage-element-tags-programmatically-in-postman-with-the-postman-api/76984 "2025-03-17T15:01:00Z")
Postman Enterprise users can add tags to collections, workspaces, and APIs. You can use tags to improve organization, collaboration, documentation, discoverability, and productivity. You can manually manage element tags… --- ## [Measure your collection's quality with the Postman API and Spectral rules](https://community.postman.com/t/measure-your-collections-quality-with-the-postman-api-and-spectral-rules/76180)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/measure-your-collections-quality-with-the-postman-api-and-spectral-rules/76180 "2025-03-03T15:27:00Z")
Collections are an excellent tool for collaborating with others in the API design, development, testing, and documentation processes. You can share your collection with others, who can then help in the development proces… --- ## [Manage your secrets faster with the Postman API and the Secret Scanner](https://community.postman.com/t/manage-your-secrets-faster-with-the-postman-api-and-the-secret-scanner/75430)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/manage-your-secrets-faster-with-the-postman-api-and-the-secret-scanner/75430 "2025-02-18T19:34:00Z")
Most APIs in the real world require authentication. This process involves sending sensitive information with your request, allowing the server to verify and process it. Sensitive information includes: API keys Password… --- ## [Postman API Tips: Use Flows to Order Folders and Requests in Collections](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-api-tips-use-flows-to-order-folders-and-requests-in-collections/74749)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-api-tips-use-flows-to-order-folders-and-requests-in-collections/74749 "2025-02-03T15:23:06Z")
Postman Collections enable you to link API elements and facilitate documenting, sharing, and testing APIs. Collections are sets of requests organized and grouped into folders, and can be sorted manually to follow a speci… --- ## [Creating an OpenAPI definition from a collection with the Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/creating-an-openapi-definition-from-a-collection-with-the-postman-api/73416)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/creating-an-openapi-definition-from-a-collection-with-the-postman-api/73416 "2025-01-29T10:28:43Z")
Postman’s integrated API Builder lets you design your APIs with an API definition. But even with the help of the API Builder, creating an OpenAPI specification can be difficult. On the other hand, it’s easier to create c… --- ## [Automate Forked Collection Updates with Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/automate-forked-collection-updates-with-postman-api/73844)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/automate-forked-collection-updates-with-postman-api/73844 "2025-01-21T06:00:00Z")
Postman Collections enable you to link your API elements and facilitate documenting, sharing, and testing APIs. You can also fork existing collections into another workspace. When you do so, Postman creates another colle… --- ## [Managing Postman Collection items with the Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/managing-postman-collection-items-with-the-postman-api/72852)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/managing-postman-collection-items-with-the-postman-api/72852 "2024-12-18T16:03:59Z")
As you may know, you can use Postman Collections to create groups of saved requests for designing, testing, and documenting your APIs. With the Postman API, you can manage your collections programmatically with the /coll… --- ## [Managing Postman environments with the Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/managing-postman-environments-with-the-postman-api/70196)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/managing-postman-environments-with-the-postman-api/70196 "2024-10-23T19:42:53Z")
A Postman environment is a set of variables that you can reuse in your requests and share with your team. You can reference them in request authentication, query and path parameters, request bodies, and scripts. Variable… --- ## [Enhance collection security with collection access keys APIs](https://community.postman.com/t/enhance-collection-security-with-collection-access-keys-apis/69584)
**Author:** [@cgkoros](https://community.postman.com/u/cgkoros)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/enhance-collection-security-with-collection-access-keys-apis/69584 "2024-10-11T15:07:48Z")
As teams grow and APIs become more integral to your workflow, more and more people will use Postman’s collection access keys feature to grant other users access to a single collection. This is a fast and easy way to shar… --- ## [End-to-end testing best practices with Postman mock servers](https://community.postman.com/t/end-to-end-testing-best-practices-with-postman-mock-servers/69403)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/end-to-end-testing-best-practices-with-postman-mock-servers/69403 "2024-10-07T17:17:28Z")
End-to-end (E2E) tests focus on the complete user workflow. This approach begins from the end user’s perspective and simulates a real-world scenario. E2E testing is only one type of test that every software system needs.… --- ## [How to run a monitor with the Postman API](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-run-a-monitor-with-the-postman-api/68976)
**Author:** [@david-espi-hernandez](https://community.postman.com/u/david-espi-hernandez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-run-a-monitor-with-the-postman-api/68976 "2024-09-27T13:44:59Z")
Postman Monitors provide continuous visibility into the health and performance of your APIs. Collection-based monitors let you run API test scripts, chain together multiple requests, and validate critical API flows. Wit… --- ## [Postman API Testing Tutorial for Beginner](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-api-testing-tutorial-for-beginner/64511)
**Author:** [@telecoms-architect-4](https://community.postman.com/u/telecoms-architect-4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-api-testing-tutorial-for-beginner/64511 "2024-07-24T14:04:18Z")
Hello I have prepared a basic introductory video for postman beginners. Withs hands-on collection and api creation along with some basics of tests and scripts. If you are absolute beginner, by the end of… --- ## [🆙 New Postman Level Up Videos](https://community.postman.com/t/new-postman-level-up-videos/56962)
**Author:** [@danny-dainton](https://community.postman.com/u/danny-dainton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/new-postman-level-up-videos/56962 "2024-01-26T10:18:15Z")
We have some awesome new Level Up videos available for you which cover both new and existing features. :rocket: These tiny bitesize tutorials are perfect for learning more about the various features on the Postman plat… --- ## [API Testing tutorials 1 - Idempotency, Safe, Cache and Versioning Concept in Rest AP](https://community.postman.com/t/api-testing-tutorials-1-idempotency-safe-cache-and-versioning-concept-in-rest-ap/46590)
**Author:** [@saifsms91](https://community.postman.com/u/saifsms91)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/api-testing-tutorials-1-idempotency-safe-cache-and-versioning-concept-in-rest-ap/46590 "2023-04-20T16:23:54Z")
Hey there :wave:, I have created YouTube tutorials for some of the important concept related to Rest API. Important concept in Rest API If you like :film\_projector:, subscribe to the channel https://www.y… --- ## [Learn Postman A - Z (Testing , Variables , REST API) on Udemy](https://community.postman.com/t/learn-postman-a-z-testing-variables-rest-api-on-udemy/31802)
**Author:** [@GauravSoni1](https://community.postman.com/u/GauravSoni1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/learn-postman-a-z-testing-variables-rest-api-on-udemy/31802 "2022-01-24T17:26:50Z")
Hi Everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I have recently added a new course on Udemy wherein I teach a lot of things about Postman. I have covered some of the basics such as what are REST apis to automated testing usi… [Next page](https://community.postman.com/tag/tutorial/59.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=tutorial)