# Postman Collections

## Overview

Postman Collections for sample requests for common use cases are available for download from this page. To download, right-click the file and select "Save Link As". For more information on API call flows, visit the corresponding section for each collection.

## Postman Environment

The `Ideon_API` environment should be imported and used with all subsequent collections. This environment configures the hostname and API key for requests in addition to passing through various environment variables to support ease of use. When getting started, be sure to paste your staging key into the `API_KEY` variable for authentication.

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## Postman Collections

### Individual & Family Medical Quoting

[Integration Guide Section](/quote-and-select/quote-individuals/aca-medical.md)

This collection includes requests for common scenarios of quoting ACA health plans for individuals and families. The requests in this collection are standalone and do not use any environment variables in the request bodies themselves. Requests for basic quotes, subsidy calculations, and shop by doctor or drug are included. 

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### Medicare Advantage Quoting

[Integration Guide Section](/quote-and-select/quote-individuals/medicare-advantage.md)

This collection includes requests for basic scenarios of quoting Medicare Advantage plans. The requests in this collection are standalone and do not use any environment variables in the request bodies themselves. Requests for basic quotes and shop by doctor are included. 

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### Small Group Medical Quoting

[Integration Guide Section](/quote-and-select/quote-groups/small-group-medical.md)

This collection includes requests to support Small Group Medical Quoting workflows.  The requests in this collection that support real-time quoting workflows - Create Group, Add Members, Create Quote, Show Rates/Limiting Factors/Member Rates - are sequential. To aid this workflow in Postman, post-response scripts are included to pass through certain identifiers to environment variables that are referenced in subsequent requests. Additionally, environment variables for Zip and FIPS codes are included to limit the need for repetitive manual request configuration. Any and all of these environment variable references can be replaced as needed.

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### Provider-Network Directory

[Integration Guide - Search for a Specific Provider](/quote-and-select/provider-network-directory-search/search-for-a-specific-provider.md)

[Integration Guide - Search for In-Network Providers](/quote-and-select/provider-network-directory-search/search-for-in-network-providers.md)

This collection includes requests for various provider searches, both for specific providers as well as searches for in-network providers. The requests in this collection are standalone and do not use any environment variables in the request bodies themselves. 

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### Miscellaneous Endpoints

This collection includes requests for the Zip Code Search, Carrier Search, and NPN Validation endpoints.

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