Testing APIs with Postman

Learn how to use our Postman collection to test Lighthouse APIs.

• What is Postman?
• Step 1: Get the Postman collection
• Step 2: Create your Postman environment
• Step 3: Make a call

What is Postman?

Postman is an app for easy RESTful API exploration. You can save multiple sets of credentials (as environments) so you can quickly and easily test API calls in sandbox and production.

Step 1: Get the Postman collection

Click Run in Postman button below to install/open Postman and import collection.

Step 2: Create your Postman environment

Our collection makes use of Postman's environment variables to easily manage your API credentials.

Find the EYE icon in right top of the screen and click ADD link.

Setup Environment Variables (provided by us when you enter into the Lighthouse integration program):

• apiHost - Lighthouse api service host
• clientId - Your application client id, to app in Lighthouse api server
• clientSecret - Your application secret to access Lighthouse api server
• locationId - Lighthouse Location identifier

Step 3: Make a call

Let's make a call to the Ticket endpoint using your sandbox environment.