BITS Pilani Postman API and Coding Innovation Lab
What's New?
The BITS Pilani x Postman Boot Camp has launched a new free cohort and registrations are officially open.
This Boot Camp will serve as a first step to dive into your web development journey. You will learn about API fundamentals, the Postman platform, and how it can be used for developing web applications, through a project where you will learn to create an AI text summarizer app using JavaScript, Node.js, the Hugging Face Interface AI API, and Postman.
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About
API, or Application Programming Interface, is a software-to-software interface that enables two applications to exchange data with each other. In a world increasingly dominated by digital, APIs are an integral part of our daily lives. They are a part of almost everything we do. Each time we use an app like Facebook, send an instant message or check the weather on our phone, we’re using an API! APIs allow the line of business users and IT to leverage software and applications to increase productivity and improve the bottom line.
Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. It is developed and maintained by Postman Inc, a BITS Alumnus start-up turned Unicorn. The Postman platform simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster. Postman provides:
Repository of APIs
Tools to develop, test, document, and share APIs
Workspaces that help us organize our API work and collaborate across our organization or across the world
Integration of APIs with commonly used software development tools
BITS Pilani Postman API and Coding Innovation Lab, has been set up in collaboration with Postman Inc., with the aim to promote API Literacy and API-First Principles amongst BITS students.
What do we do?
Offer API-based Programming Certification Courses by Postman (Click Here for details on the latest offerings)
Develop Projects related to the Thrust Areas centered around APIs (Click Here for details)
Conduct Nationwide API-based Programming Hackathons and Coding Competitions (Click Here for details)
Organize Talks by Postman Engineering Team (Click Here for details)
Conduct API-based student engagement activities and events (Click Here for details)
Thrust Areas
Full Stack Application Development with APIs
APIs for Gaming and Graphics Design
Front-end development and UI/UX with APIs
Back-end development with APIs
APIs for Android and iOS Apps
APIs for Machine Learning
APIs for Web 3.0
Lab Infrastructure
High-end Servers
High-end Compute Workstations (Windows + Mac)
Graphic Tablets (iPad + XP-Pens)
XBOX Gaming Controllers
Video Conferencing Facility (Large LED TV + Camera + Speakerphone)
Software Stack
Adobe Creative Cloud
Figma
Faculty Team
Dr. Jagat Sesh Challa
jagatsesh@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Inf Systems
In-charge, BITS Pilani Postman API and Coding Innovation Lab
Dr. Amitesh Singh Rajput
amitesh.rajput@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Inf Systems
Dr. Haribabu K
khari@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Inf Systems
Dr. Dhruv Kumar
dhruv.kumar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Inf Systems