Test Mifos API in Postman - openMF/mifos-mobile GitHub Wiki

#Test Mifos API in Postman

The assumption here is that you have Postman installed. Other such REST clients can be used also.

1. Open up postman : You should see a similar screen like the one below

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2. Select Authorization in the tab menu immediately below the input field

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3. Select Basic Authentication :You should now see input fields for username and password

4. Enter the username and password (Look SideBar for Latest Demo Credentials)

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Click on update request at the far right corner

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5. You should now see a similar screen in the Headers tab

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Fill out the other headers as show below:

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6. Select your HTTP method. In this case we use GET

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7. Fill out the URL as seen in the documentation. In this case https://demo.openmf.org/fineract-provider/api/v1/clients

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8. Press Enter or click the SEND button at the far right corner

This should now make such a request and the response will be presented in the text area below(see screenshot):

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9. In event of a POST request

• Select POST in the drop down at the left corner of the input field
• Fill out the required url. In this case https://demo.openmf.org/fineract-provider/api/v1/clients
• Click on body in the tabbed menu.
• Select the format you want to enter your data in. In this case we use raw images/body.png
• Enter your body data as shown images/body_data.png
• Click enter
• Your response should be presented in the text area below.