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How to Tell If an Application Has an API (and Why It Matters)

What this article covers Nearly every business application you log into is built on an API — a structured channel the interface uses to read and write data. That API is usually the difference between a task you click through fifty times and a task that runs itself. Your browser already ships with everything you…
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Automation Course Part 4 – Postman Basics

Welcome to the next knowledge-base in our API development series! In this knowledge-base, we will cover how to use Postman to prototype API calls and generate sample data, and then generate PowerShell code to begin developing your desired functionality. Postman is a popular tool that is widely used by developers to test and prototype API…
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Automation Course Part 3 – Reading API documentation

Welcome to part 3 of our API development series! In this knowledge-base, we will cover how to read typical REST API documentation. REST API documentation typically provides information about the available resources, endpoints, methods, and parameters of an API. It is important to read and understand this documentation in order to effectively use and integrate…
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Automation Course Part 2 – API Authentication, Parameters, and Pagination

Welcome to part 2 of our series on API development! In this knowledge-base, we will build on our basic introduction to working with REST APIs, and discuss a few more of the basics of how to interact with a REST API. The code samples will be in PowerShell, but the concepts apply broadly. Authentication how…
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