{"id":1611,"date":"2018-10-03T17:13:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2022-10-21T13:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T20:40:28","slug":"getting-started-with-wapis-using-postman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/community\/getting-started-with-wapis-using-postman\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with WAPIs using POSTMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Infoblox offers a rich set of Web-based Application Programming Interfaces, also called WAPIs, that allow you to easily integrate NIOS into your automation environment.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.infoblox.com\/t5\/Best-Practices\/Why-use-Infoblox-WAPIs\/ba-p\/13262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This<\/a>\u00a0blog gives you an insight on why to use these WAPIs.<\/p>\n<p>To get you started quickly, we have attached a POSTMAN collection of the RESTful Infoblox APIs.<\/p>\n<p>POSTMAN is a powerful HTTP client with cookie management, environment variables, and code generation that makes it easy to test, develop and document APIs. You can download the app from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getpostman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0or add it as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/postman\/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">extension<\/a>\u00a0to Google Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a screenshot of POSTMAN.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1617\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-getting-started.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Screenshot\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-getting-started.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-getting-started-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are two files zipped into an attachment included with the blog.<\/p>\n<p>The first file is a collection of a sample set of WAPI calls, and the other is a file with environment variables (see the table below) that are used within the collection.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\"><strong>Variable<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"408\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">grid_master<\/td>\n<td width=\"408\">This is the IP address of your grid master.<br \/>\n(Example:- 172.26.1.2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Base64_encoding<\/td>\n<td width=\"408\">The HTTP Authorization request header contains the credentials to authenticate a user agent with a server. Here, we use the &#8220;Basic&#8221; authentication scheme. The credentials are constructed like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The username and the password are combined with a colon<br \/>\n(Example:- admin:infoblox)<\/li>\n<li>The resulting string is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Web\/API\/WindowBase64\/Base64_encoding_and_decoding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">base64<\/a>\u00a0encoded<br \/>\n(Example:- YWRtaW46aW5mb2Jsb3g=)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">object_reference<\/td>\n<td width=\"408\">Every WAPI Object is referenced by a unique Object Reference that is used to identify the object for all the operations. Substitute this variable with the reference of the object you want to work with.<\/p>\n<p>(Example:- record:host\/ZG5zLmhvc3QkLl9kZWZhdWx0LmNvbS5pbmZvLnByaW50ZXI: printer.info.com\/default)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To try out the WAPI calls, download, unzip and import the two files into your application.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To import these files into your environment, click on\u00a0<strong>Import<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0the menu.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1618\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-import.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Import\" width=\"315\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-import.png 315w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-import-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Upload the two files in the pop-up window.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1625\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Upload\" width=\"478\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload.png 478w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Once uploaded, you will see the following messages.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1626\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload-message.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Upload Messages\" width=\"481\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload-message.png 481w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-upload-message-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Collections<\/strong>\u00a0tab now contains the list of sample WAPI calls that you can try out.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1612\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-collection-tab.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Collection Tab\" width=\"300\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-collection-tab.png 300w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-collection-tab-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Before getting started, select the<strong>\u00a0Infoblox WAPI environment variables<\/strong>\u00a0from the drop-down box on the right side of the window.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1619\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Select Environment Variables\" width=\"336\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment.png 336w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Populate it with values specific to your environment.\n<ol>\n<li>In order to do so, click on the Gear icon next to the environment box.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1613\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-edit-environment.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Edit Environment\" width=\"305\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-edit-environment.png 305w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-edit-environment-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click into the\u00a0<strong>Infoblox WAPI environment variables<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1620\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-variables.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Select Environment Variables\" width=\"600\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-variables.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-variables-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Fill in the grid master IP address and Base64_encoding details<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1621\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-variables-details.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Select Environment Variables - Details\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-variables-details.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-select-environment-variables-details-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The object_reference variable only needs to be updated when a WAPI call has it mentioned. For example, PUT Authoritative Zone.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1614\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-edit-object.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Edit Object Variables\" width=\"600\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-edit-object.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-edit-object-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the Update option and close the window.<\/li>\n<li>You can verify the values by clicking on the eye-shaped icon next to the environment.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1627\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-view-environment-variables.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - View Environment Variables\" width=\"428\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-view-environment-variables.png 428w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-view-environment-variables-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>In order to turn off the blocking of the self-signed SSL certificates,\n<ol>\n<li>click on the Settings icon on the top right corner.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1622\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-settings.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Settings\" width=\"331\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-settings.png 331w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-settings-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>turn the\u00a0<strong>SSL certificate verification\u00a0<\/strong>off<strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1623\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-ssl-verification.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - SSL Verification\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-ssl-verification.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-ssl-verification-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>You are all set now. To try out any of the WAPI calls in the collection. Select a WAPI, and click on the\u00a0<strong>Send<\/strong>. You will see a response in the\u00a0<strong>Body<\/strong>\u00a0section.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1624\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-try-wapi.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Try WAPI\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-try-wapi.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-try-wapi-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the<strong>\u00a0Code\u00a0<\/strong>option to generate a code snippet for the WAPI call in any language of your choice.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1615\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-generate-code.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Generate Code\" width=\"311\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-generate-code.png 311w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-generate-code-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1616\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-generate-code-snippets.png\" alt=\"WAPI POSTMAN - Generate Code Snippets\" width=\"600\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-generate-code-snippets.png 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wapi-postman-generate-code-snippets-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Infoblox WAPIs are simple and easy to use with any REST client. Download the attachments and leverage POSTMAN to get familiar with them. Happy testing!<\/p>\n<p>P.S: You can refer to\u00a0<a class=\" bf_ungated_init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infoblox-deployment-infoblox-rest-api.pdf?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a>\u00a0guide, for more information on WAPIs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"display_0\" class=\"lia-img-icon-attachment lia-fa-icon lia-fa-attachment\" title=\"images.icon_attachment.title\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_attachment.png\" alt=\"images.icon_attachment.alt\" aria-label=\"Attachment\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/WAPI-POSTMAN-Files.zip\"> WAPI POSTMAN Files.zip 16 KB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infoblox offers a rich set of Web-based Application Programming Interfaces, also called WAPIs, that allow you to easily integrate NIOS into your automation environment.\u00a0This\u00a0blog gives you an insight on why to use these WAPIs. 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