Postman is a tool for running HTTP requests. It provides a handy UI for easily defining the parameters and other request data. If you do not already have Postman, you can get it here for free.

Pre-requisites

1. You must have created a CauseActive Platform Collection.
2. You must have generated API Credentials for that Collection.
   1. You will need the apiKey and apiSecret values to authenticate your API requests.
3. You must have created a CauseActive Platform Campaign.
   1. If you open the edit panel for the Campaign, you can get easy access to the API Endpoint URL you will need in order to generate Donation Links for it.
   2. The URL will look something like:
      https://go.causeactive.com/api/v3/donation-link/123/donor-id-here

Configuring and Sending a Request in Postman

1. Create a new Postman Collection
   1. A name like "CauseActive Platform" would be appropriate.
2. Create a new Postman Request inside the new Postman Collection you just created.
   1. Set it to the POST request type.
   2. Copy the API Endpoint URL you obtained previously and paste that into the address bar for the Postman request.
   3. Click the Body tab and choose form-data.
      1. Create entries under “Key” for apiKey and apiSecret
      2. Set their values to the corresponding API Key and API Secret values you generated previously.
3. Send the request.

You should get back a response matching one of those outlined in the Donation Link End-point Specification.