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title: Publish your public APIs to the Postman API Network
approved: 2025-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
slug: docs/postman-api-network/showcase/publish/public-apis
max-toc-depth: 2
ux: v12
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Once you've [prepared your public workspace](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-workspace/), [prepared your public collections](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-collections/), [curated them](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/curate/overview/), and [prepared your team workspace for team collaboration](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/team-workspace/), you're ready to publish your public APIs.

<Warning title="Important" class="important-callout">
  Protect your sensitive data. If Postman detects any API keys, tokens, or similar, it replaces them with placeholders. To learn more, see [Postman Secret Scanner](/docs/administration/managing-your-team/secret-scanner/overview/).
</Warning>

## Evaluate the developer experience

Before you make your workspace public, and begin to share and promote your public APIs, walk yourself through the steps you outlined in your [overview collection](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-collections/#create-your-public-overview-collection). Invite others on your team to do the same.

If you haven't already, [create a team workspace](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/team-workspace/#create-your-internal-workspace) and [fork your public collections](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/team-workspace/#fork-your-public-collections-from-your-public-workspace). Even if you decide to use one workspace to manage your public APIs, the exercise will walk you through your API consumer's steps.

Gather feedback and iterate to [curate your public collections](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/curate/overview/). Continue to iterate until you're satisfied you can get your new users to their first 200 OK response in the fewest steps possible.

## Make your workspace public

To make your workspace public, do the following:

1. Open your public workspace.
2. In the left sidebar, click <img alt="Options icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/v12/action-options-stroke.svg#icon" width="20px" /> **Options** > **Workspace overview**.
3. Open the **Settings** tab.
4. Under **Workspace type**, click **Change**.
5. Click <img alt="Published icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/v12/state-published-stroke.svg#icon" width="20px" /> **Public**.
6. If you're prompted to submit a request, optionally add a note and click **Submit Request**.
7. Otherwise, click **Save Changes**.

Your public workspace and its collections are available on the Postman API Network.

To learn more, see [Convert an existing workspace to a public workspace](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/public-workspaces/#convert-an-existing-workspace-to-a-public-workspace).