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title: "Introduction for Testers | Postman Intergalactic"
description: "Join us for a one-hour, introductory Postman learning session geared specifically for API testers. In this session, you'll learn how to test the functionality and reliability of an API."
url: https://www.postman.com/events/intergalactic/postman-introduction-for-testers/
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# Introduction for Testers | Postman Intergalactic

> Join us for a one-hour, introductory Postman learning session geared specifically for API testers. In this session, you'll learn how to test the functionality and reliability of an API.

## Postman: Introduction for Testers

Aired: Wednesday, October 26, 8:00 a.m. (PDT)

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Join us for a one-hour, introductory Postman learning session geared specifically for API testers.

Learn how to test the functionality and reliability of an API.

Here's what we'll do in this session:

- Send a request and inspect a response

- Use a test snippet

- Write custom tests

- Extract data from one request to use in another with variables

- Save and run tests as collections

- Explain different types of tests that can be written in Postman

- Run a test locally using the Postman Collection Runner

Prerequisites:

- [Create](https://identity.getpostman.com/signup)a Postman account, and then [sign in](https://go.postman.co/).

- [Download and install](/downloads/postman-agent/)the Postman desktop agent, which will enable you to use the web version of Postman that we use in Postman Intergalactic sessions.

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## Speakers

- **Pooja Mistry** — Developer Advocate, Postman
- **Carson Hunter** — Technical Enablement Architect, Postman

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