Postman-Challenge

This is the all in one place for documentation help regarding the postman challenge.

Hi Everyone, We would like to announce that GSSOC collaborated with Postman, This is an amazing opportunity for GSSOC and the contributors to earn more goodies and guided certification on API.
This page is intended to help you in this process of getting certification. In appreciation for your effort in taking the certification, there will be different Giveaways… Stay Tuned.

How to participate in the challenge

The idea is to get Postman API Fundamental Student Expert Certification

Link to register: Click Here

[!NOTE] Only use the above link to register as this link is used to track.
Quick Guide Video: Click here, Disable your Ad-blocker
Process 1: You will be registered to the Postman Student Program
Process 2: You will be registered for the Postman Academy Program Any doubts and help needed: Click Here to start Discussion

It might ask you to create an account by clicking on the button. This course has few modules including Tests. if you clear all tests you will be getting certification.
Please register with all your details on the screen you get after clicking the above link image

Pre-requisites: none

You are starting in the right place! There are no prerequisites to get started - you don’t even have to know what API stands for. Once you successfully sign up you will be getting the below screen. You will get an Email from Postman after 5 - 10 min on how to register for the academy. image On clicking that link you will be taken to Postman Academy page. Click on the highlighted certification. Postman API Fundamentals Student image

By the end of this course you will earn a digital badge certifying that you understand: 👇🏻

  • What APIs are and why they are crucial to modern software development
  • How to use Postman to work with APIs
  • How to interact with a real-world API
  • How Postman helps you incorporate APIs into your applications
  • By assuming the role of a digital librarian, you’ll get hands-on experience calling an API with the industry’s leading API tooling and walk away with the confidence to start using APIs out in the real world.

Begin your certification Journey

This is a huge step towards your API Journey, API is relevant in all fields that why we are prioritising this collaboration with API. So everyone knows the basics about API and work around it.

[!NOTE] If you face any issues on the journey: reach out to us over here: Ask your Question
Our team will be answering all of your queries & even help you out asap. image

Modules
Module Details Time
1 What are API 1 Min
2 Introducing Postman 1 Min
3 Your First API Request 3 Task 5 Min
4 Request Parameters 3 Task 5 Min
5 Sending data with POST 3 Task 7 Min
6 Introduction to variables and scripting 2 Task 8 Min
7 PATCH and DELETE 2 Task 5 Min
8 Generating code 2 Min
7 Claim Your Badge 1 Task 5 Min

So the above are the modules and the Task represents the activity you need to do. All the activities and answers are available in the videos below. So head into your first Module in total

Task 1: Understand APIs?


Task 2: PostMan : API Request:


Task 3: Request Parameter:


Task 4: Sending data with Post:


Task 5: Variables and scripting:


Some people who took the certification mentioned they faced some issues. So this is the solution for the bug fix.


Task 6: Patch and Delete:


Task 7: Claim your certification:


Task 8: Download your certification:🥳

Link to Badge Download: Click Here
Follow the instruction on the video 👇🏻


Task 9: Claim your points on Leaderboard:🏅

Raise the PR here: 🔗Link to Repo
Any doubts and help needed: Click Here to start Discussion
Make sure you do a LinkedIn/Twitter Post on Certification, this is the place where we select winners for goodies.



Task 10:Explore your Goodies

Upon completion make sure you create a LinkedIn post and share the link to us by PR here: 🔗Link to Repo
So we will let you know by mail if you are a winner in PostMan giveaway.
Any doubts and help needed: Click Here to start Discussion
You can also upload your goodies with your photos here, once you get yours. image image image image image

How to be a Postman /GSSOC Student Campus Ambassador.

Awesome, being in GSSOC you now earned a API certification within 25 min. This is great news it will help your career for sure, don't forget to add in your resume.