Lab 0 - Overview

What you will learn

• How to validate your laptop setup for the workshop.
• Gain a first overview of the Domino REST API.

Before you begin

• You must have a laptop.
• You must have an internet connection to download the necessary files and tools.
• You have met all the prerequisites, such as having Domino REST API installed on a server.

Procedure

1. Verify the Domino server.

   Confirm you have a running Domino server with admin access. This is mandatory for the exercises.

2. Download the KEEP tool.

   • For Mac/Linux, download keep.
   • For Windows, download keep.cmd.

   This tool is used if you plan to run Domino REST API locally.

3. Download the database file.

   Download ApprovalCentral.zip, which contains the needed Domino database file.

4. Download the Postman collection & environment.

5. Import the downloaded collection and environment into Postman.

How to verify

• The following commands should work successfully on your laptop:

  node -v
  java -version
  curl --version
  

• Postman is installed and able to start.

• Domino is running with REST API active.

  • If using Domino REST API installed locally, open http://localhost:8880 in your browser.
  • If connecting to an internet-based Domino REST API server, open your Domino REST API server’s web address.

  You should see a page similar to the following:

  

Things to explore

• Domino REST API documentation

• Discord discussion

• Open the OpenAPI v3 tile.

Next step

Proceed to Lab 01 - Login to the REST API.