14.1: Testing with Postman
Intro to Postman
Open Postman.
Make sure you have a username and password for the ElevenNote app. Use a pre-existing user that is in your local database.
Make sure the .WebApi project is running and go to the home screen.
Copy the URL localhost:XXXXX
Open Postman and find your way to the Postman window:
Paste the URL into the address bar and make sure the Http drop-down is set to POST
Add /token to the URL
In the Body tab, add the same keys as the last request like this:
Check x-www-form-urlencoded.
Make sure to check urlencoded!
Click on the Headers tab and check Content Type
Important note: If you have altered your login to use a username instead of an email, you'll want to use that username instead:
13. Press Send
14. You should get a response with a token if you log in with the proper username/email and password.
15. Troubleshooting common issues: -You didn't delete the IdentityModels after pasting the Async method in the .Data layer. -You didn't copy and paste the connectionStrings in the MVC project.
16. Save this Postman request, we will come back to it
Notes:
Remember Statelessness? The server we just pinged sent back a token. Be sure to talk about this in class.
It will quickly forget us for each subsequent request
We have to provide a token for all other authenticated requests
We'll use this later in part 15
Next, we'll add a NoteController to the WebAPI project.
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