From 25995b591e3b680397d9c405adac176509acb9a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan de Wit <33954429+swhite2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 17:55:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] API: Add a note for postman users (#318)

---
 source/development/api.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/development/api.rst b/source/development/api.rst
index b214e77..56dcacc 100644
--- a/source/development/api.rst
+++ b/source/development/api.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ The $key and $secret parameters are used to pass the API credentials using curl.
     key=w86XNZob/8Oq8aC5r0kbNarNtdpoQU781fyoeaOBQsBwkXUt
     secret=XeD26XVrJ5ilAc/EmglCRC+0j2e57tRsjHwFepOseySWLM53pJASeTA3
 
+.. note::
+
+     When using Postman to test an API call, use the 'basic auth' authorization type. The $key and $secret parameters go into Username/Password respectively.
+
 Core API
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