Postman is an application that allows the testing of web APIs. The software was created in 2012 by Abhinav Asthana, Ankit Sobti and Abhijit Kane in Bangalore, India in order to solve the API tests sharing problem. Originally, it was developed as a plugin for Google Chrome, then a rich client, and finally a thin client. It's now used by more than 500,000 companies worldwide. The developer, Postman Inc., originally from India, has its headquarters in San Francisco.^[2]

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Postman

Original author(s)	Abhinav Asthana, Ankit Sobti, Abhijit Kane
Stable release	10.24[1] / March 2024; 57 days ago (March 2024)
Type	Software testing
License	proprietary software
Website	www.postman.com

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Postman regroups API tests in collections, to mutualize their URLs and authentications. It includes:^[3][4][5][6]

• A free version with workspace sharing to three users maximum.
• Variables depending on the selected environment.
• A version control system of tests and environments.
• Access rights per roles (user or editor).
• Benchmarks.
• Importation and exportation in JSON.
• Tests exportation to various HTTP clients formats (cURL, PHP, Python, Java, Node.js...).
• Authentication by JSON Web Token (with possible OAuth2 configuration).
• REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC^[7]
• A rich client.
• A thin client allowing to upload files to send to APIs.
• A debugging console which keeps previous requests and responses calls in memory .
• Scripts to automatize tests.