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title: POSTMAN Collections
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createdAt: 2024-07-15T13:25:53.550Z
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## Ingesting Meters using POSTMAN

One of the easiest ways to get started with the Amberflo API is by using our **Postman collection**.

With Postman, you can:

- **Create meters**
- **Ingest metering data**
- **Query ingested data**

All within **just a few minutes**—no coding required.

This is an ideal approach for:

- Testing the API
- Exploring available endpoints

Getting a quick hands-on understanding of the metering workflow


::embed[]{url="https://youtu.be/kqB06ybaZwE"}

Github repo [https://github.com/amberflo/api-postman](https://github.com/amberflo/api-postman)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GQ6FhONXoR2DQjp03hOcB/Z9xZebsdwPiuhPZuOltzE_image.png)

## Prerequisites

**Postman**

[https://www.postman.com/downloads/](https://www.postman.com/downloads/)

**node.js**

[https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)

**newman - Postman runtime**

[https://www.npmjs.com/package/newman](https://www.npmjs.com/package/newman)

**Installation**
Download github repo [https://github.com/amberflo/api-postman](https://github.com/amberflo/api-postman)
(also on the github page)

## Postman Instructions

**Import collection** `/api-postman/api-tests.collection.json` into Postman

[https://dash.readme.com/project/amberflo/v1.0/refs/postman-for-api](https://dash.readme.com/project/amberflo/v1.0/refs/postman-for-api)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GQ6FhONXoR2DQjp03hOcB/2OM-1tfsAYhtuK2cnYYd-_image.png)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GQ6FhONXoR2DQjp03hOcB/0aVEQ_BRHYJ_XJCQY8LGb_image.png)

Import** environment file** `/api-postman/env-prod.json` into Postman

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GQ6FhONXoR2DQjp03hOcB/ETbdHZg8RAsv87C2AthLo_image.png)

Set Amberflo’s username, password, X\_API\_XEY, and s3\_bucket in prod environment file.

```json
{
			"key": "username",
			"value": "",
			"enabled": true
		},
		{
			"key": "password",
			"value": "",
			"enabled": true
		},
		{
			"key": "X_API_KEY",
			"value": "",
			"enabled": true
		},
		{
			"key": "s3_bucket",
			"value": "",
			"enabled": true
		}
```

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GQ6FhONXoR2DQjp03hOcB/fe5NuFZdF4tG6c6Wx6kIk_image.png)

Launch **Runner**, select collection and environment file and run.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GQ6FhONXoR2DQjp03hOcB/29kU5m0kpIPfnqQ9RFUkl_image.png)