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Tutorial: Postman sample OData queries

Postman is a tool that lets you construct, execute and test HTTP requests in a quick and easy way. In this tutorial, you learn how to instantly run OData queries with the Postman app against a real environment and provide you a sandbox to play with different sample queries and see the results. This tutorial is the fastest way to start learning and experimenting with Sitefinity CMS Web Services API, as it requires minimum effort for setup on your end. For more information about OData, see OData Getting Started.

PREREQUISITES: You need to connect to an online blank Sitefinity CMS instance.
You need to:

To run the tutorial, perform the following:

  1. Install Postman packaged app.
  2. Sign in or register in Postman and open the app.
  3. Import the SitefinityWebServices.postman_collection file.
    This file contains all sample queries described in Sample queries
  4. Import the SitefinityWebServices.postman_environment file.
    The Postman environment defines multiple variables that you can configure to used with the provided samples. You must configure the variable values to match your specific Sitefinity CMS website (for example, username, password, item Ids, an so on.). For more information refer to the Postman documentation on Variables.
 

 

 

 

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