Those on the front lines during this pandemic need quick, easy access to real-time critical data. This type of information exchange is what APIs do best, and the API community has been stepping up to meet the challenge throughout the crisis. But there's always more to do. If you'd like to join the fight, this webinar is for you regardless of whether you're new to APIs or a knowledgeable Postman expert. In this webinar led by Postman Chief Evangelist Kin Lane, you'll learn: How APIs aid pandemic response measures How you can publish new APIs related to COVID-19 How Open Referral data standards make it easier for you to share, find and use information about health, human, and social services How you can contribute to the COVID-19 Testing Locations website, and how APIs power that website What reputable information and tools are currently available for the COVID-19 efforts

1. Creating APIs for
the COVID-19
Response Efforts
Webinar | April 29, 2020

2. CHIEF EVANGELIST, POSTMAN
Kin
Lane
TECHNICAL COMMUNITY
MANAGER, POSTMAN
Hannah
Neil
@kinlane @apieevangelist

3. CHIEF EVANGELIST, POSTMAN
Kin
Lane
@kinlane
@apieevangelist

4. TECHNICAL COMMUNITY MANAGER,
POSTMAN
Hannah
Neil

5. 1:30 - 2:00 Welcome Presentation
2:00 - 2:10 Break
2:10 - 3:30 Workshop
5:30 - 6:30 Reception
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:30 Workshop
1:00 - 1:30 Registration
Agenda
Postman’s Code of Conduct
postman.com/code-of-conduct

6. Housekeeping Items
1. Session will be 60 minutes + time for Q&A
2. We will be sharing a recording of this webinar in a few days
3. Chat might be disabled due to high volumes
4. No audio for attendees or panelists
5. Ask questions on Twitter by tagging @getpostman & #PostmanWebinar

7. APIs and COVID-19
Information exchange is what APIs do best

8. APIs make it possible
to share up-to-date
and accurate
information quickly

9. This is a
crowdsourced project
We know the API Community can help
COVID-19 response efforts, and that one
important part of community is working
together for the collective good.

10. How you can
contribute
When you find APIs to add to the list, create a
collection and add it to the list.
If you have a pandemic-related project you’d like
deployed as an API, let us know.
If you hear of testing locations for COVID-19, submit it
to us and we’ll add it to the site.
Want to get more deeply involved?
We’re looking for community leaders to help
take ownership.

11. Explosion of APIs
1995 Today2000 2005 2010 2015

12. 3 Shifts That Led to the Rise of APIs
MobileDesktop
CONSUMER
INFRASTRUCTURE
On-Premise Cloud
Monolith Microservices
ARCHITECTURE

13. API Consumer Lifecycle
INTEGRATE
REQUEST
AUTHENTICATE
LEARN
DISCOVER
API Producer Lifecycle
PUBLISH
MONITOR
DOCUMENT TESTING
DEBUG
DEFINE
Streamline the API Producer and
API Consumer Lifecycles

14. Growth in API Collections

15. covid-19-apis.postman.com
Postman COVID-19 API Resource Center
Blueprint for helping you
to publish your APIs
API Collections
Testing Locations APIs
Postman for Nonprofits
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4

16. API CollectionsPART 1
Running a COVID-19 API
Collection in Postman
DEMO

17. Authenticating
the API
DEMO
API CollectionsPART 1

18. Deploy a New API From an
Existing Dataset
- Google Sheets to API
- Website Scraping to API
- AWS Database to API
- Azure Database to API
- Google Database to API
- Heroku Database to API
Blueprint for Publishing new APIsPART 2

19. Website Scraping
for APIs
DEMO
Blueprint for Publishing new APIsPART 2

20. Mocking APIs
DEMO
Blueprint for Publishing new APIsPART 2

21. Authenticating
the API
DEMO
Blueprint for Publishing new APIsPART 2

22. covid-19-apis.postman.com/covid-19-testing-locations/
Testing Locations APIPART 3

23. Using a Postman Collection, data is pulled from
Google using the Google Sheets API.
It then updates an API and documentation, and publishes data
to GitHub to display to end users.
Testing Locations APIPART 3

24. What can you do
with this API?
Testing Locations APIPART 3

25. Submit Testing Locations
covid-19@postman.com
Submission Minimum Requirements:
- Full testing location and address
- Link to reputable source
- Phone number
- Hours operating, if known
Testing Locations APIPART 3

26. Eligible nonprofits working on COVID-19
efforts qualify for 10 free Postman Business
Plan licenses and 75% off additional
licenses.
Apply in the COVID-19 API Resource Center
Postman for NonprofitPART 4
FREE Postman Licenses
* Must be registered as a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

27. The Postman API Community
JOIN THE POSTMAN
COMMUNITY FORUM
BROWSE THE
API NETWORK
community.getpostman.com explore.getpostman.com github.com/postmanlabs
VISIT POSTMAN
ON GITHUB

28. The Postman API Community
JOIN THE POSTMAN
COMMUNITY FORUM
BROWSE THE
API NETWORK
community.getpostman.com explore.getpostman.com github.com/postmanlabs
VISIT POSTMAN
ON GITHUB

29. Q&A
@getpostmangetpostman.com

30. @getpostmangetpostman.com
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