Testing

Testing API calls using Postman

A public collection of API calls for working with a report project is at

https://www.postman.com/seasketch/workspace/seasketch/collection/624822-1a2906ba-3360-428f-a09e-41dae1b8282e

Setup the collection variables to use it. Your geometryUri will need to come from SeaSketch. Try running a report from within SeaSketch and looking at the API call in the Network tab of your developer tools

Testing API calls using API Gateway

After signing into the AWS Console:

• Search for and select API Gateway
• In the top right, select the AWS region your stack is deployed
• Find the REST API Gateway for your project and open it
• Click either GET or POST for any of the geoprocessing functions in the list
• Click the Test button with the lightning bolt
• Look at the Postman API calls for which query parameters (GET) or body JSON (POST) to enter.

An alternative way to find your API gateway is:

• From the AWS Console, search for and select CloudFormation
• In the top right, select the AWS region your stack is deployed
• Find the stack for your geoprocessing project
• Click the Resources tab
• Search for AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi
• Click the link to the gateway under Physical ID