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      How Do I Test the API's Using Postman?

      A detailed step-by-step guide on getting you set up with the Loom Analytics Collection on Postman: https://developer.loomanalytics.com/

      We recommend that you test your API calls with the Loom Analytics Postman collection before integrating them into your application. The following steps will help you get started:

      Creating a Postman account - Go to postman.com to create a Postman account

      Installing Postman - The steps to Install Postman are detailed on the following site: https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/installation-and-updates/

      Setting up Postman - After downloading Postman, go to Loom's Postman documentation page: https://developer.loomanalytics.com/

      1. Find and click on the "Run in Postman" button on the top-right corner of the documentation page
      2. Select the option for "Postman for Windows" [or "Postman for Linux", if you're using Linux]
      3. You'll see a pop-up asking you to allow the page to open the Postman app
      4. Click Open
      5. The Postman app installed will launch and ask you for a location to import the Loom Analytics API collection
      6. Choose 'My Workspace' and click on Import
      7. Loom Analytics API's will be imported into your workspace

      Setting Environment Variables

      1. Select the Environments button to the right of the 'No Environment' dropdown in the top right corner
      3. Click on Add and you'll be taken to the page below
      4. You can give a name to this new environment (e.g., LoomAnalytics). You'll be adding the environment variable for 'base_url' on this page
      5. Under 'Variable' enter base_url, and under 'Current Value' enter the Base URL you extract from your Loom Analytics account as per the steps outlined in the Base URL article. The finished page looks like this:
      6. Click on Save
      7. Change the environment to the one you just created 

      Calling API's

      1. Click and expand the General folder on the left panel under the Loom Analytics API Documentation collection
      2. Double-click on Ping to open the API request on a new tab
      3. Click on 'Body' under the API request section, and click on Raw 
      4. Referring to the API documentation on "https://developer.loomanalytics.com/", enter the JSON body for 'key' and 'secret'
      5. Change values for "<api_key>" and "<secret>" to your API Key and Secret values. Make sure that there are no spaces for the 'key' or the 'secret' parameters
      6. Click on Send. You'll see the following response:
      7. You can now continue exploring the other API's