Postman is a popular API development and testing tool that simplifies working with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). It provides a user-friendly interface to make API calls (requests) and view responses, allowing developers to test and debug their APIs without writing code. You can call Adjutor endpoints using Postman through the following procedure:
- On opening Postman, you can quickly make a request by clicking on the ‘New Request’ button.
- Afterward, you’re greeted with the requests page on which there is an input field where you would provide the endpoint to which you want to make a request.
- On Postman, you can make a series of requests using the GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, and other methods.
- Under the Authorization tab, you can also see the various authentication types supported by Postman.
- Log into Adjutor at https://app.adjutor.io/login, and click on the Docs icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- This leads to the landing page of the Adjutor API documentation. Click on the API Reference tab located at the top right corner page.
- Locate the Run in Postman button at the top of the page
- All Adjutor endpoints require a bearer token. This token is obtained after creating an account on Adjutor and configuring an app.
- You can edit your existing app on adjutor to select API scopes
- Select API Scopes to define permissions to access Adjutor’s API. This helps controlwhat actions your API can do, enhancing security and privacy
- For this exercise, we’ll be making a GET request to the FirstCentral Credit Bureau Adjutor endpoint. This endpoint allows us to query the FirstCentral Credit Bureau database to get a user’s credit history. The endpoint is specified at https://adjutor.lendsqr.com/v2/creditbureaus/firstcentral/:bvn. This endpoint requires the user’s BVN to be passed as a path variable.
- Once all details have been filled, click on the send button to make the request. You should get a successful response.
