Testing API Calls

It is important to QA your methods before submitting a PR. I recommend downloading an API development/testing tool, such as Postman.

Logging In

To test API calls as a specific user/role, you will need to request a bearer token and submit it with subsequent API calls.

First make the following call:

POST yourlocalhost/token

x-www-form-urlencoded

BODY: grant_type: password

username: The Username

password: The Password

This should return an "access_token" in the HTTP response.

Then, in future API calls that you want to make as this user, attach this token to the Header like so:

Authorization: bearer TheTokenGoesHere...