How to create and send GET requests in Postman?

Postman is an API(application programming interface) development tool which helps to build, test and modify APIs. It has the ability to make various types of HTTP requests(GET, POST, PUT, PATCH), saving environments for later use, converting the API to code for various languages(like JavaScript, Python). In this article, we will learn How do you create and send GET requests in Postman?

Prerequisites

• Basic HTTP concepts
• Knowledge of REST API

Steps to Create and Send GET requests on POSTMAN

Step 1: Open the POSTMAN app and click on the `+` icon to create a new collection. Name the collection ‘GFG’.

Step 2: When you hover, on the name of your collection, 3 dots will appear. Click on those 3 dots, and then click on “Add new request”

Step 3: You can simply paste the API in the space provided and click on Send. Output will be shown in the body. Status code is shown in green , “200”

Note : We are using “https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos” api, to see the output

Refer below

Apart from API, you can even paste the URL of any website to get its code. For example, we are using URL;

https://learning.postman.com/docs/introduction/overview/