Explore APIs on the Postman API Network

The Postman API Network is the world's largest network of public APIs. Developers can use the API Network to explore APIs, contribute to them, and publish their own. Many of the companies you know and love publish their APIs to a public workspace on the Postman API Network.

As an API consumer, you can discover new and popular workspaces, collections, requests, APIs, flows, and teams. If you're an API publisher, you can conveniently access your publisher tools.

To explore the Postman API Network, in the Postman header, select API Network.

Find public APIs

You can search or browse the Postman API Network to discover public workspaces, collections, requests, APIs, flows, and teams.

Search public elements

By default, search returns results from all of Postman. This includes any workspace, collection, request, API, flow, or team you can access.

To search the Postman API Network, in the Postman header, select Search Postman. Then, select All of Postman and, under Search in, select Public API Network.

You can also search by workspace, collection, request, API, flow, or team. To search by one of these types, to the right of Search for, select one of the following:

• Workspaces

• Collections

• Requests

• APIs

• Flows

• Teams

Browse public elements

You can also browse the Postman API Network by visiting the following pages:

• Explore - The Explore page is the Postman API Network's landing page. It lists noteworthy public workspaces, collections, APIs, and flows curated by Postman, alongside those that are popular among the community.

• Spotlight - The Spotlight page lists public workspaces, collections, APIs, and flows handpicked by Postman to showcase the best the community has to offer.

• Trending - The Trending page lists public workspaces, collections, APIs, and flows with the most views, activity, and usage.

• Publishers - The Publishers page lists public teams that have published public workspaces, collections, or flows. To sort or filter, in the upper-right corner, select Featured, New, or Most Viewed.

• Workspaces - The Workspaces page lists public workspaces. To sort or filter, in the upper-right corner, select Featured, New, Week, or All Time.

• Collections - The Collections page lists public collections. To sort or filter, in the upper-right corner, select Featured, New, Week, or All Time.

• Flows - The Flows page lists public flows. To sort or filter, in the upper-right corner, select New, Most Viewed, or Most Forked.

• Categories - The Categories page lists categories curated by Postman. Each category page lists public workspaces, collections, and flows within that category. To sort or filter, in the upper-right corner, select New, Most Viewed, or Most Forked.

Consume public APIs

Before you consume a public API, learn how to choose one from a verified team. A public API from a verified team offers you the best developer experience.

You can then fork their elements to your own workspace and use them there. Remember to watch elements to get notified when there's a change.

Choose public elements

Postman recommends you choose a public API from a verified team. You can identify a verified team by its verification badge . If Postman verifies a team, it means Postman confirmed the following:

• The team owns the API and its services.
• The team actively maintains its public workspaces, and documents its collections well.
• The team's public APIs offer Guided Auth, which offers you the best developer experience.

It's safe to choose a public API from a non-verified team. If you choose an API from such a team, Postman recommends you go to the company's official website and review their official documentation. Then, compare their official URLs to the URLs they use in their public workspaces.

If a team isn't verified, it may mean the team isn't active in Postman, their collections aren't well-documented, or their verification is pending.

To learn more about the verification process, see Verify your team for the Postman API Network.

Use public elements

Once you've chosen a public API, Postman recommends you get started by forking one of the team's collections. Verified teams walk you through the process with great documentation. If you prefer, you can create the request yourself.

Whether you use Guided Auth or another method to authenticate, Postman recommends you store your authentication credentials in Postman Vault.

Similarly, you can fork a flow or create the flow yourself.

Watch public elements

You can watch public workspaces and collections to get notified about changes. To watch a workspace or collection, in the upper-right corner, select Watch.

To learn more, see Watch a workspace or Watch a collection.

Publish APIs to the Postman API Network

If you're an API publisher, you can access your publisher tools from the Postman API Network's landing page.

For example, you can create a public workspace and publish it to the Postman API Network. Or create a Run in Postman button for the same public workspace.

To learn more about becoming an API publisher, see Publish to the Postman API Network.

Create a Run in Postman button

You can create a Run in Postman button and add it to your website, developer portal—or anywhere else that supports HTML or Markdown. Your API consumers can use your button to get started with one of your public collections.

To create a Run in Postman button, select Create a Run in Postman Button and follow the onscreen instructions.

To learn more, see Create a Run in Postman button.

Create a public workspace

You can create a public workspace and prepare it with your public collections, requests, APIs, and flows. Your API consumers can browse your workspace and get started with your API and services.

To create a public workspace, select Create a Public Workspace and follow the onscreen instructions.

To learn more, see Create a workspace in Postman and Prepare your public workspace for the Postman API Network.