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# Lab - Widgets

Plan: Stencil Developer

Lesson 13 of 22 · 30 min

**In this lab you will**

* Create a Widget using Postman

**Prerequisites**

* BC Sandbox
* API credentials for the store (Content: Modify)
* Postman installed
* Widgets API collection

## Create a Widget

Create a widget using Postman

1. **Navigate** to the ‘Widgets > Create' directory in the ‘V3 Widgets API' collection in the ‘Collections' panel on the left side of the Postman window
2. **Click** the 'Create' post request
3. **Select** the 'Body' tab in the main content window in Postman
4. **Update** the content in the 'Body' tab to the following:

```json showLineNumbers={false}
{
  "name": "Home Page Slider",
  "widget_configuration": {
      "slides": [
          {
              "image": "https://tinyurl.com/2wwm4rc8"
          },
          {
              "image": "https://tinyurl.com/3bffvvr8"
          },
          {
              "image": "https://tinyurl.com/mrxfj7hs"
          }
      ]
  },
  "widget_template_uuid":"yourWidgetTemplateUUIDhere"
}
```

5. **Paste** the Widget Template UUID copied from the end of Module 3: Lab - Widget Template
6. **Click** the 'Send' button at the top right of the Postman window
7. **Copy** the Widget UUID from the response section at the bottom of the Postman window (Save this UUID as it will be used in the next section lab)