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API Testing with Postman/Newman

Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap.

Summary

Running your Postman collections as automated tests via Newman (Postman's CLI runner) — useful for testing a live API end-to-end, including in CI pipelines.

How to Learn This

  • 1Write test assertions inside a Postman request (status code, response shape).
  • 2Run a full Postman collection via Newman from the command line.
  • 3Add a Newman run as a CI step that tests your API after every deploy.

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