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HarperDB uses Postman Pro as an IDE for their product

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
Applicable Industries	Software
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	HarperDB is a database company that focuses on Internet of Things (IoT), app development, and hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP). The company's vision is to build the easiest databases in the world for any developer to make and maintain on their own. The technology is exposed via microservices or a REST API, and as such, the team relies on Postman to demonstrate their technology. The team uses Postman as an integrated development environment (IDE) for their product. The challenge was to ensure that the HarperDB REST API is well-documented, and can be imported into the Postman app in 2 clicks. Read More
About Customer	HarperDB is a database company based in Denver, Colorado. They focus on Internet of Things (IoT), app development, and hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP). Their vision is to build the easiest databases in the world for any developer to make and maintain on their own. The technology is exposed via microservices or a REST API. The company has a development team of 8 Developers & QA who use JavaScript and Node.js as their development languages. They use Postman as an integrated development environment (IDE) for their product. Read More
Solution	To create the API documentation, the team uses Postman to automatically generate a web-viewable version of their Postman collection. Every change to this Postman collection is automatically reflected in the web version so users can reference the most up-to-date version. In addition to comprehensive documentation for every endpoint, the team created a quickstart guide to introduce new developers to their endpoints. It walks through examples of authorization, creating a schema, setting up tables, and submitting common queries. The quickstart serves double duty since it also demonstrates HarperDB to potential clients. Once a new user has validated the functionality in Postman, they can generate a code snippet of the endpoint in their preferred development language to use in their own app. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage

Applicable Industries

Software

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

HarperDB is a database company that focuses on Internet of Things (IoT), app development, and hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP). The company's vision is to build the easiest databases in the world for any developer to make and maintain on their own. The technology is exposed via microservices or a REST API, and as such, the team relies on Postman to demonstrate their technology. The team uses Postman as an integrated development environment (IDE) for their product. The challenge was to ensure that the HarperDB REST API is well-documented, and can be imported into the Postman app in 2 clicks.

About Customer

HarperDB is a database company based in Denver, Colorado. They focus on Internet of Things (IoT), app development, and hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP). Their vision is to build the easiest databases in the world for any developer to make and maintain on their own. The technology is exposed via microservices or a REST API. The company has a development team of 8 Developers & QA who use JavaScript and Node.js as their development languages. They use Postman as an integrated development environment (IDE) for their product.

Solution

To create the API documentation, the team uses Postman to automatically generate a web-viewable version of their Postman collection. Every change to this Postman collection is automatically reflected in the web version so users can reference the most up-to-date version. In addition to comprehensive documentation for every endpoint, the team created a quickstart guide to introduce new developers to their endpoints. It walks through examples of authorization, creating a schema, setting up tables, and submitting common queries. The quickstart serves double duty since it also demonstrates HarperDB to potential clients. Once a new user has validated the functionality in Postman, they can generate a code snippet of the endpoint in their preferred development language to use in their own app.

Impact #1	The HarperDB REST API is well-documented, and can be imported into the Postman app in 2 clicks.
Impact #2	The team uses Postman to automatically generate a web-viewable version of their Postman collection.
Impact #3	Every change to this Postman collection is automatically reflected in the web version so users can reference the most up-to-date version.

Impact #1

The HarperDB REST API is well-documented, and can be imported into the Postman app in 2 clicks.

Impact #2

The team uses Postman to automatically generate a web-viewable version of their Postman collection.

Impact #3

Every change to this Postman collection is automatically reflected in the web version so users can reference the most up-to-date version.

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HarperDB uses Postman Pro as an IDE for their product

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