How to Make an HTTP Post Request in POSTMAN to Power Automate

#postman #powerautomate #httprequest
Let’s learn how to make an HTTP Post Request from Postman to Power Automate.

Wait, What is an HTTP Request in the first place?

HTTP Request Methods
An HTTP request is made by a client, to a named host, which is located on a server. The aim of the request is to access a resource on the server.
To make the request, the client uses components of a URL and pass information needed to access the resource.

Finally, You can up your game as a Citizen Developer.
Let’s look at this use case

e.g. All registration must take place on our website. And the Marketing team need real-time access to the registration data in Excel. (there are several options to this but let’s see how HTTP Request can be of help).

You say: can you make an HTTP Post request upon submission of the registrant data to the database and pass the information to me? I can extract it and get it populated on an Excel in real-time as requested by the marketing team.

Wow! That sound techie!

What just happened here is Citizen Developer working with Pro Developer (Fusion Developement)

===============

The GET Method
GET is used to request data from a specified resource.

The POST Method
POST is used to send data to a server to create/update a resource.

JSON Format

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation
JSON is a text format for storing and transporting data
JSON is "self-describing" and easy to understand


{
"Fullname": "Your Name Here",
"Gender": "Your Gender",
"Email": "[email protected]",
"Country": "Nigeria",
"How did you hear about us": "From Friends"
}


POSTMAN
Postman is an application used for API testing. It is an HTTP client that tests HTTP requests, utilizing a graphical user interface, through which we obtain different types of responses that need to be subsequently validated.