Postman setup

Import the Vanta Postman collection and start testing requests in minutes.

The Vanta Postman collection includes every public API endpoint along with a pre-configured environment, so you can authenticate and make your first request in just a few steps.

Download the Postman collection & environment

Includes the latest API specification and a ready-to-use environment.

Setup

1. Install Postman

   Download Postman from the official site if you don’t have it already.

2. Import the collection and environment

   1. Open Postman and click Import in the upper-left corner.
   2. Drag in (or select) the two JSON files you downloaded above.
   3. Click Import to add them to your workspace.
3. Configure environment variables

   Go to Environments in the left nav and select the imported environment. The following variables are available:

   Variable	Description
   baseUrl	Preset to https://api.vanta.com/v1 — the base URL for all Vanta APIs.
   authUrl	Preset to https://api.vanta.com/oauth/token — used to fetch an access token.
   clientId	Your application’s client ID.
   clientSecret	Your application’s client secret.
   bearerToken	Set automatically after running Create Token — no manual entry needed.

   Don’t have a clientId or clientSecret yet? Follow the Manage Vanta quickstart to create an application.

4. Authenticate

   Run the Create Token request. A post-response script automatically stores the token in bearerToken, so subsequent requests are authenticated for you.

   

Building integrations

If you’re testing the Build Integrations endpoints, the environment includes additional variables for resource IDs. Populate these using the Resource Creation flow.

Next steps

Authenticate to the API

Full walkthrough of OAuth authentication.

Browse the API reference

Try every endpoint directly from the docs.