Visualizing MongoDB Atlas Data in Postman

Arlemi welcomes Joel Lord, Developer Advocate at MongoDB, to explore the new Data API from MongoDB and see how it can be used to query data from MongoDB Atlas using a REST-like interface then visualize it directly in Postman.

MongoDB workspace

0:00 Start
1:20 Intros
3:30 ICYMI new releases in Postman
6:38 What are we doing today – accessing MongoDB data via API
9:49 Create a MongoDB account and provision Atlas cluster
14:25 Create a database user to grant access
18:18 Load sample data to cluster
19:50 Invite user to a different project for collaboration
25:15 Explore data in MongoDB console
30:00 Connect to MongoDB cluster
34:20 Fork the MongoDB Data API collection in Postman
36:50 Enter authorization credentials
40:44 Review MongoDB terminology for database, collection, and document
43:13 Insert record in new database collection
51:30 What is the benefit of using the Data API instead of simple queries?
58:00 Visualize data coming back from the database in Postman
1:15:05 Style the data visualization
1:17:50 Use JavaScript in the data visualization
1:22:10 Final questions, recap, and community shoutouts

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