{"id":7242,"date":"2022-01-07T12:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T06:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:47:18","slug":"simplifying-your-api-experience-launching-razorpay-public-postman-workspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/simplifying-your-api-experience-launching-razorpay-public-postman-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplifying Your API Experience: Launching Razorpay Public Postman Workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The developer experience is at the core of all Razorpay innovations. We know that you love <\/span><b>Postman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for its simple platform for building and testing APIs. We have worked with Postman and replicated all our Public APIs on Postman\u2019s Public Workspace.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now, we are thrilled to bring you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postman.com\/razorpaydev\/workspace\/razorpay-public-workspace\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razorpay Public Postman Workspace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a Public <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postman <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workspace<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Postman Workspace<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is like a public GitHub repository, where we can fork an API Collection and contribute to it. It is where our API artifacts, API producers, and API consumers co-exist and work together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Public Workspaces | The Exploratory\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjGbMdqnY64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How is Razorpay Public Postman Workspace different from Postman Collections?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone can be an API consumer on Postman. A Public Postman Workspace allows anyone to see what it contains, even if they don&#8217;t have a Postman account. Having a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postman.com\/postman-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free Postman account <\/span><\/a>lets you <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">establish a two-way dialogue with the producer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Do You Get with Razorpay Public Postman Workspace?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your API experience is going to improve in several ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Earlier with Postman Collections:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You had to test the APIs, download them and then, import them into your workspace.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You would never receive notifications on API updates.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You had to connect with the Razorpay support team to provide feedback on our API.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>With Razorpay Public Postman Workspace, we:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7244 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d6xcmfyh68wv8.cloudfront.net\/blog-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.30.05-PM-1024x543.png\" alt=\"Razorpay Public Postman Workspace\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.30.05-PM-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.30.05-PM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.30.05-PM-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.30.05-PM.png 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Improved the developer experience: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No need to download or import Postman Collections!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can fork our APIs and run the APIs in your workspace directly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"API testing using Postman with Razorpay Postman Public Workspace\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0k5NpkMgUWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Provide Regular Updates: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the APIs and get notified about every update we make in the APIs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7245 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d6xcmfyh68wv8.cloudfront.net\/blog-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.32.43-PM-1024x516.png\" alt=\"Razorpay Public Workspace API notification\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.32.43-PM-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.32.43-PM-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.32.43-PM-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.32.43-PM.png 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Help you collaborate with us:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have you found a misspelt parameter or have suggestions to improve our APIs? We are all ears. Post your comments. We have a team who will look at your comments, fix them or pass them on to the right group.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7246 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d6xcmfyh68wv8.cloudfront.net\/blog-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.34.44-PM-1024x501.png\" alt=\"Razorpay Public Workspace\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.34.44-PM-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.34.44-PM-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.34.44-PM-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.34.44-PM.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you already know, Postman also provides an option to raise PRs. At the moment, Razorpay does not support this feature. We would request you <\/span><\/i><b><i>not to raise any PRs<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as they may not be addressed. Instead, use the comments section to provide us with your suggestions.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>API Usage Data:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Razorpay can get the count and the information on anyone who forks our APIs. This is valuable data for us to understand the API usage and adoption and improve our APIs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The private APIs such as Recurring Payments APIs are available to select merchants and can not be exposed to all. You will continue to use the older process of downloading the Postman Collections and importing them into your workspace.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Access it<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Run in Postman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button on the\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/docs\/api\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razorpay Docs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and you are directed to the Razorpay Public Postman Workspace.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7247 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d6xcmfyh68wv8.cloudfront.net\/blog-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.36.38-PM-1024x489.png\" alt=\"Step 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.36.38-PM-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.36.38-PM-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.36.38-PM-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-06-at-12.36.38-PM.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access the Razorpay Postman Workspace using the following link: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.postman.com\/razorpaydev\/workspace\/razorpay-public-workspace\/overview<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what are you waiting for? Let&#8217;s s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tart firing the APIs!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lick the <\/span><b>Watch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button to receive regular updates on Razorpay APIs on the Postman Workspace. Come, be a part of Razorpay&#8217;s exciting API journey!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The developer experience is at the core of all Razorpay innovations. We know that you love Postman for its simple platform for building and testing APIs. We have worked with Postman and replicated all our Public APIs on Postman\u2019s Public Workspace. Now, we are thrilled to bring you Razorpay Public Postman Workspace. 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