# Using the Postman collection to connect with the Content Delivery API

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-for-developers/using-the-postman-collection-to-connect-with-the-content-delivery-api |
| **course_slug** | contentstack-for-developers |
| **lesson_slug** | using-the-postman-collection-to-connect-with-the-content-delivery-api |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/contentstack-for-developers/using-the-postman-collection-to-connect-with-the-content-delivery-api.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-05-04T05:36:51.148Z |

> Part of **[Contentstack for Developers](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-for-developers)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

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#### Lesson text

### **Using the Postman collection to connect with the Content Delivery API**

1.  [Download and install Postman](https://www.postman.com/downloads/)
    
2.  [Download the Contentstack Postman Content Delivery collection](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/postman-collections)
    
3.  To obtain the Content Delivery Token, follow these steps in Contentstack: navigate to the "Settings" page, select "Tokens," then choose "Content Delivery." If you haven't created a Delivery Token yet, [create a new Delivery Token](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-tokens/create-a-delivery-token/). [Additional information about tokens, including Delivery Tokens, can be found in our documentation](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-tokens/#work-with-delivery-tokens) 
    
4.  Open Postman and select the 'Content Delivery API - Contentstack' collection.  Entries, Get all entries
    
5.  Edit the Postman variables and update the values for api\_key and access\_token.  The api\_key is found on the Delivery Token settings page.  The access\_token is the Delivery Token.  These are used in the Headers of the request.  
    Also, add the value of the content\_type\_uid as 'blog\_post', environment as 'preview' and locale as 'en-us'.
    
6.  Send the request.  Contentstack replies with the JSON of all blog\_post entries.

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Using the Postman collection to connect with the Content Delivery API** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

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### Content summary

Using the Postman collection to connect with the Content Delivery API. Using the Postman collection to connect with the Content Delivery API 1. Download and install Postman (https://www.postman.com/downloads/) 2. Download the Contentstack Postman Content Delivery collection (https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/postman-collections) 3. To obtain the Content Delivery Token, follow these steps in Contentstack: navigate to the "Settings" page, select "Tokens," then choose "Content Delivery." If you haven't created a Delivery Token yet, create a new Delivery Token (https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-tokens/create-a-delivery-token/). Additional information about tokens, including Delivery Tokens, can be found in our documentation (https:

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### External links

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| Download and install Postman | `https://www.postman.com/downloads/` |
| Download the Contentstack Postman Content Delivery collection | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/postman-collections` |
| create a new Delivery Token | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-tokens/create-a-delivery-token/` |
| Additional information about tokens, including Delivery Tokens, can be found in our documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-tokens/#work-with-delivery-tokens` |