> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Postman collections introduction (video tutorial)

## Overview

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to set up, configure and make your first request with the Cloudinary Postman collections.

## Video tutorial

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## Tutorial contents
This tutorial presents the following topics. Click a timestamp to jump to that part of the video.
### Introduction and sign up 
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|{videotime:id=media :min=0 :sec=00 :player=cld} |  Cloudinary has created a set of Postman collections to help you easily try out and make requests to our APIs using a UI-based tool. You can sign up for a free account for both tools on [Cloudinary.com](https://cloudinary.com/users/register_free) and [Postman.com](https://postman.com).

### Navigate to the collections
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|{videotime:id=media :min=0 :sec=21 :player=cld} | The documentation pages for each of the Cloudinary APIs have links to the collections, or you can find more details and links on the dedicated [Postman collections help page](using_cloudinary_postman_collections).

### Fork the collections
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|{videotime:id=media :min=0 :sec=36 :player=cld} | To use the collections, you need to fork them to your own workspace. You can do this by opening up a collection and clicking the fork button from the taskbar. 

### Add your credentials to an environment
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|{videotime:id=media :min=1 :sec=03 :player=cld} | To authenticate your Postman requests to Cloudinary, you need to add your Cloudinary credentials to Postman by creating an environment. The environment will contain the variables and values for `cloud_name`, `api_key`, `api_secret`. You can find your credentials on the [API Keys](https://console.cloudinary.com/app/settings/api-keys) page of the Cloudinary Console Settings.

### Make your first request
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|{videotime:id=media :min=1 :sec=50 :player=cld} | Once you have set up everything for the collections, you can update the parameters and send your first request to Cloudinary. Postman will send back the API response and from here you can start experimenting with the collections. 
## Keep learning

> **READING**:
>
> * Learn more in our dedicated [Postman collections help page](using_cloudinary_postman_collections).

> * Navigate straight to the [Postman collections](https://www.postman.com/cloudinaryteam/workspace/programmable-media/overview).

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