Postman API Testing Certification

Module 1: Introduction to API Testing

• API fundamentals
• API testing concepts
• Web services
• REST APIs
• Testing objectives
• API testing workflow

Module 2: Introduction to Postman

• Postman overview
• Postman interface
• Workspaces
• Collections
• Request builder
• Response viewer

Module 3: HTTP Fundamentals

• HTTP protocol
• Requests and responses
• HTTP methods
• Status codes
• Headers
• Content types

Module 4: Creating API Requests

• GET requests
• POST requests
• PUT requests
• PATCH requests
• DELETE requests
• Request execution

Module 5: Request Parameters & Headers

• Path parameters
• Query parameters
• Request headers
• Content-Type
• Accept headers
• Custom headers

Module 6: Request Bodies

• JSON bodies
• Form data
• URL-encoded data
• Raw data
• Binary data
• Request payloads

Module 7: Understanding API Responses

• Response status
• Response body
• Response headers
• Response time
• Cookies
• Response validation

Module 8: Postman Collections

• Creating collections
• Organising requests
• Collection folders
• Saving requests
• Duplicating requests
• Collection management

Module 9: Variables & Environments

• Global variables
• Collection variables
• Environment variables
• Local variables
• Variable scopes
• Dynamic configuration

Module 10: API Authentication

• Basic authentication
• Bearer tokens
• API keys
• OAuth concepts
• Authentication headers
• Token management

Module 11: Writing Test Assertions

• Post-response scripts
• Status assertions
• Response body assertions
• Header assertions
• Response time assertions
• Test results

Module 12: JavaScript Scripting in Postman

• Postman scripting concepts
• JavaScript fundamentals
• pm object
• Accessing responses
• Setting variables
• Reusable scripts

Module 13: Dynamic Data & Pre-Request Scripts

• Pre-request scripts
• Dynamic values
• Random data
• Timestamps
• Variable generation
• Request preparation

Module 14: Data-Driven API Testing

• External test data
• CSV data
• JSON data
• Parameterised requests
• Multiple datasets
• Data-driven execution

Module 15: Collection Runner

• Running collections
• Execution order
• Iterations
• Environment selection
• Test results
• Failure analysis

Module 16: API Workflow Testing

• Request chaining
• Extracting response data
• Passing dynamic values
• Dependent requests
• End-to-end workflows
• Scenario testing

Module 17: Negative & Boundary Testing

• Invalid requests
• Missing parameters
• Invalid data types
• Boundary values
• Error responses
• Negative scenarios

Module 18: Mock Servers

• Mocking concepts
• Mock responses
• Examples
• Simulated endpoints
• Testing dependencies
• Mock-based development

Module 19: API Documentation

• Documentation concepts
• Collection documentation
• Request descriptions
• Examples
• Sharing documentation
• Maintaining API information

Module 20: API Security & Debugging

• Authentication testing
• Authorisation testing
• Input validation
• Sensitive data handling
• Postman Console
• Troubleshooting requests

Module 21: Automated Execution & Reporting

• Command-line execution concepts
• Newman
• Running collections
• Environment files
• Test reports
• Automated API testing

Module 22: CI/CD Integration & Testing Practices

• CI/CD concepts
• Pipeline execution
• Automated regression testing
• Test organisation
• Maintainable collections
• API testing best practices