Install and use Postman

To see how the Salesforce REST APIs work, install and use Postman, a multiplatform REST client with intuitive GUI for configuring HTTP requests, designing JSON payloads, and viewing HTTP responses.

You can open a Postman collection we have prepared for you to illustrate the Financials use case scenarios. The Postman collection is prepopulated with the relevant values, so that you could see the anatomy of each REST API request, try it out, and view the response returned by Financials. Using Postman can save you time and help you to understand how to work with Financials via the Force.com REST API.

Step 1: Install Postman and create a free Postman account

  1. Sign up for a free Postman account.

  2. Download Postman.

  3. Install and open Postman.

  4. Sign in to Postman: in the top right, click Sign In and specify the credentials of the account you created in step 1.

    When you are signed in to your Postman account, all collections you import into Postman are stored in the cloud storage provided for your account. You can then reuse your collections when you open Postman next time and save your changes in the cloud.

Step 2: Import Postman collection

  1. Open Postman Collection

  2. On the page that opens in your web browser, select the Postman version for your operating system to open the collection. For example, Postman for Windows or Postman for Mac.

  3. If prompted, confirm that you want to open the collection.

Step 3: Configure and send your request

  1. In the left pane of Postman, click the Collections tab.

  2. Open the imported collection.

  3. Select the request you want to use.

  4. On the Authorization, Headers, and Body tabs of the request, replace variables with actual values. For details, see How to.

    Variables look similar to the following: {{ your_Salesforce_user_name }}

  5. Click Send to send your request.