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title: "Setting Up Postman for the R365 Public API"
slug: "setting-up-postman-for-the-r365-public-api"
updated: 2026-09-02T18:33:08Z
published: 2026-09-02T18:34:25Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/setting-up-postman-for-the-r365-public-api"
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# Setting Up Postman for the R365 Public API

> [!NOTE]
> Early Adopter (Closed)
> 
> The R365 Public API is currently available to a closed Early Adopter group. Restaurant365 is incorporating participant feedback before it opens access more broadly. Learn more about [requesting R365 Public API access](https://docs.restaurant365.com/apidocs/en/request-access).

Postman requests to the R365 Public API are configured once at the environment and collection level.

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## Configure the Postman Environment

Follow these steps to set up a Postman environment and collection for the R365 Public API:

**1)** Create an environment with two variables: `token` and `customerInstance`.

- Learn more about [requesting access](/developer-hub/apidocs/request-access) to obtain the token and customer instance.

**2)** Mark the `token` variable as a **secret** type.

- Marking the variable as secret keeps it hidden in shared collections.

**3)** Set the collection's base URL to `https://api.restaurant365.com/public`.

**4)** Add the `Authorization` and `x-r365-context-tenant-id` headers at the collection level, using the environment variables, so every request in the collection inherits them.

| Key | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `Authorization` | `Bearer {{token}}` |
| `x-r365-context-tenant-id` | `{{customerInstance}}` |

- Learn more about [authenticating and request headers](/developer-hub/apidocs/authentication).