BITS Pilani x Postman Lab Boot Camp
BITS Pilani x Postman Lab Boot Camp
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.
This bootcamp includes two courses that take students from knowing nothing about APIs to mastering the foundations of APIs and working with Postman.
Course 1: Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert Certification
Topics:
What are APIs?
API types
API First philosophy
What is Postman
Creating Postman workspaces and collections
Making GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE requests using a real Library API
Understanding API responses
Authorizing requests with API Keys
Basic scripting in Postman
Calling APIs with code
Learning Methods:
Text-based learning with images
Knoweldge checks
Working hands on in Postman
Course 2: Project-Based Learning: Build an AI Text Summarizer App
Topics:
Setting up Replit
Working with Hugging Face Interference API
Creating Postman workspaces
Understanding HTML/CSS
Understanding how a server works
Using a /summarize endpoint
Making interactive frontend using Javascript
Using Node.js
Learning Methods:
Build and deploy a full stack app on Replit using HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Node.js
Explore real-world APIs with Postman, including the Hugging Face Inference API for summarizing text with AI
Use Postman to generate code and integrate APIs into an application
Course Features
LIVE SESSIONS and tutorials for all modules
Self-paced with a maximum time of 4 weeks to complete
FREE of cost for everyone!
No Pre-requisites
What will you get?
Free Access to Postman Enterprise License worth $828/year/user
Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert Badge
Certificate from BITS Pilani and Postman upon completion of both courses (printable pdf)
Dates and Registration
Registrations are Open!
For students outside BITS Pilani Click Here to register/log in.
For students registered for online degree / WILP programs of BITS Pilani Click Here to register/log in.
Students of BITS can register/log in using the following campus-specific links: Pilani Campus Goa Campus Hyderabad Campus Dubai Campus
Please take the help of the important steps given at the end of this page to follow the steps needed to register for this bootcamp.
Deadline for course completion: April 30, 2024.
Course Logistics
Students can learn and complete the courses with the help of text and image-based illustrations on the course page on Postman Academy. You can login using the above links after registration.
For all your queries related to course logistics, please write to bits-postman-lab@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Students who finish by the deadline shall be awarded the Certificate by BITS Pilani and Postman of Boot Camp Completion. The certificate shall be a printable PDF copy. Certificates will be disbursed in June 2024.
Students who finish the bootcamp can apply for the Postman Team License. Refer to the next section, to know more about it.
Postman Team License
Students who complete both the courses of the BITS Pilani x Postman Boot Camp are eligible to apply for the Postman Team License.
Click Here to know about the features of the Postman Team License.
Click Here for students outside BITS.
Please fill out the form here upon boot camp completion to apply for the Postman Team License and certification.
Licenses would be issued after the boot camp ends.
FAQs
Q1. I have completed the "Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert Certification" previously and I have received the certificate. Do I need to do the bootcamp again?
You don't have to do the first course in that case. But the new bootcamp is a collection of "Course 1: Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert Certification" and "Course 2: Project-Based Learning: Build an AI Text Summarizer App". So you can directly do the second course, in that case.
Q2. How do I access the courses? (for both people who have already finished Course 1 as well as those who haven't)
Click on one of the links mentioned under Registration, which will take you to the Postman Academy official website. You will be asked to sign up with a new account or sign in with a pre-existing account if applicable.
Important Steps for registering to the bootcamp:
Please follow the following snapshots that will give a walk-through of the registration process:
If you are already logged into Postman Academy from before, the page below should open up. Else, upon signing up with a new account, the same page would open up.
If you are a first- time user who has not finished Course 1, you can proceed with Course 1 from here. However, if you have already completed Course 1 and wish to access Course 2, you need to click on the back-arrow on the top-left of the page to redirect you to the second course.
This should redirect you to the main page where you can view the two courses simultaneously. If you wish to access Course 2 click here (shown in image below).
Congratulations!
Once you have completed the second course as well, you will have officially completed the BITS x Postman Lab Boot Camp.
Team
Pilani Campus
Dr. Jagat Sesh Challa
Dr. Amitesh Singh Rajput
Dr. K Haribabu
Dr. Tanmaya Mahapatra
Goa Campus
Dr. Sujya Ghosh
Dr. Vinayak Naik
Dr. Swaroop Joshi
Hyderabad Campus
Dr. Venkatakrishnan Ramaswamy
Prof. Chittaranjan Hota
Dubai Campus
Dr. Angel Arul Jothi