Path vs Query Parameters in HTTP Requests (with Postman)

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In this tutorial, I wanted to explain the difference between path params and query params and will exemplify this in Postman.
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[@LuckyGnom]

Thank you a lot! I was a bit confused and you were the only one who had a separate video with a clear explanation.

[@vdespa]

Glad to hear that! You are welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment.

[@vdespa]

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[@vikrantsingh2804]

Thanks Buddy, you explained it very clearly

[@sheikahbib]

Very Nice explanation ever had...Keep going .

[@imcintyre01]

Thank you, this helped me to better understand the differences between before the Question Mark and after.

[@vdespa]

Glad it was helpful! You are welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment.

[@maryamomar4106]

thank you! I was lost and this helped me a lot.

[@vdespa]

You are welcome and that this was helpful

[@wandavazquez6320]

Great information. Thank you from a newbie

[@vdespa]

Glad it was helpful! You are welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment.

[@muchwow3839]

Can you please explain how queryparams are actually written in a REST controller?

[@M0oMo0o]

Thank you

[@anukooljaiswal8626]

Nice bro.

[@anandskpm4296]

Clear explanation thank you 👌

[@vdespa]

Glad it was helpful! You are welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment.

[@garycolman5193]

How do you apply Query Parameter values to a html document? Or am I misunderstanding this tutorial? I need to set a html or PDF document with 'version' and 'language'
(such as: version=v1.1& language='English') parameters/values but how and where are these values applied to individual files located on a website?

[@johnbritolima]

Good to know: 04:00

[@enggadda]

how to make @QueryParam as optional (example making the name as not required )

[@alexrigar]

nice!

[@vdespa]

Thank you for your comment, Alejandro!

[@franznataly]

Hi Valentina, how can I test the query parameter:? for example, if a query parameter is a measurement like a cm , in, kp, etc, how is possible to test these values? thanks

[@franznataly]

@@vdespa, for example, I have in the response body, a value in cm and I have the possibility through the query parameter change that value to in, so then I need to check if the value cm was changed properly to in, make sense?

[@abdelrhmanshokr7546]

what if I don't have a params tap on postman is it an older version or what ?

[@vdespa]

Look below the URL. There query params should be there.

[@abdelrhmanshokr7546]

@@vdespa thanks for helping, I checked it wasn't there but I realized I was using the chrome version when I downloaded the full version(I guess) it was right there below the URL, also it turned out to be the same as writing it manually after the URL.

[@mrflexii2067]

So let's say we have a request like this one - GET: {{URL}}/image/{{ImageID}}}.
When we have many different images with different identifiers, it is better to only use a path variable like: id than a varaibale collection like {{imageID}}, am I right?

[@vdespa]

You should define a path variable anyway, just to keep things clean. After this, you can manually enter a value or use a Postman variable.

[@pengli4769]

When to use path variable, when to use query variable?

[@vdespa]

You need to check the API documentation and see. If you are using an API is not really your decision.

[@annapureddy.1150]

how to use >=,

[@vdespa]

Can you be a bit more specific please?

[@sharikkumar8581]

If you explain a concept then please take a simple example. Else you are wasting other's time as well.

[@vdespa]

Thanks for your feedback. Do you mean that the API was too complex for this example?

[@sharikkumar8581]

@@vdespa I think so.

[@jasur.ahmadoff]

Thank you

[@vdespa]

You're welcome