{"id":1772,"date":"2020-07-19T15:32:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T20:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2023-03-23T07:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:01:17","slug":"how-to-use-postman-and-powershell-to-query-api-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/how-to-use-postman-and-powershell-to-query-api-data\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Postman and PowerShell to Query API Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"131\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PostmanPowerShell.png\" alt=\"Postman and PowerShell\" class=\"wp-image-1773\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, I demonstrate how to use Postman, a free API\ndevelopment and testing tool, to format URL\u2019s and make requests against web\nendpoints and use those URL\u2019s to get data in PowerShell.&nbsp; I also give a quick walk through of viewing\nthe data in PowerShell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to use Postman and PowerShell to Query API data\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WqVD4h8OxS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Referenced Links:<br>\nPostman:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postman.com\/\">https:\/\/www.postman.com\/<\/a><br>\nOpen Weather:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/openweathermap.org\/api\">https:\/\/openweathermap.org\/api<\/a><br>\nOxford Dictionary (Prototype option is limited free)<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.oxforddictionaries.com\/?tag=#plans\">https:\/\/developer.oxforddictionaries.com\/?tag=#plans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, I demonstrate how to use Postman, a free API development and testing tool, to format URL\u2019s and make requests against web endpoints and use those URL\u2019s to get data in PowerShell.&nbsp; I also give a quick walk through of viewing the data in PowerShell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[240,782,777,775,781,774,776,773,20,778,779,784,780,739,486,56,783],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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