Import AE REST API descriptions directly into Postman

[Michael A. Lowry]

I discovered this morning that one can import a complete set of descriptions of the AE 12.3 REST APIs into Postman directly from docs.automic.com. The descriptions are available in both JSON and YAML formats. The API descriptions show up as a new collection called AE REST API documentation.

This saved me a lot of time. I hope others benefit from this information.

@Elina McCafferty: Perhaps you could update the AE REST API documentation page to include direct links to the JSON & YAML files.

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[Ahmed Intizar]

Great, thanks for sharing.

[Scott Hughes]

Hey Michael,

Good stuff.  How did you go about getting a JSON/yaml output from the website?

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[Michael A. Lowry]

@Scott Hughes: The REST API documentation page is dynamically generated by Swagger UI. This web app interprets a JSON or YAML file, so you just have to guess the path. The text box at the top contains the JSON file name.

[Elina McCafferty]

Hi Michael,
The tech writer for this section is going to add some tips based on your post. 
Thank you for your input!
Best regards,
Elina

[Michael A. Lowry]

Any progress on this, @Elina McCafferty? ​

[Michael A. Lowry]

The documentation page REST API Reference now includes rudimentary instructions for importing the API descriptions into Postman.

[Thierry Verreyt]

Hi  Michael,

This is great but could you tell me more where I can download AE REST API documentation and put it on my postman ?

Thanks
I would like to test on my LAB to see what I can do with this tool.

Best regards,
Thierry

[Michael A. Lowry]

Links to the JSON and YAML files are in the original post.