Add account setup to local setup guide in README

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/OpenDC.postman_collection.json b/OpenDC.postman_collection.json
index 71f1231c..2fa03f58 100644
--- a/OpenDC.postman_collection.json
+++ b/OpenDC.postman_collection.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"variables": [],
 	"info": {
 		"name": "OpenDC",
-		"_postman_id": "bd4d0e57-7918-dc69-3ead-6c19e20ab0b0",
+		"_postman_id": "e8b68f59-29cb-71d0-6237-b22932c40f9c",
 		"description": "Sample requests for developing the OpenDC API",
 		"schema": "https://schema.getpostman.com/json/collection/v2.0.0/collection.json"
 	},
@@ -26,7 +26,32 @@
 				],
 				"body": {
 					"mode": "raw",
-					"raw": "{\r\n\t\"simulation\": {\r\n\t\t\"name\": \"Simulation Name\"\r\n\t}\r\n}"
+					"raw": "{\r\n  \"simulation\": {\r\n    \"name\": \"Simulation Name\"\r\n  }\r\n}"
+				},
+				"description": ""
+			},
+			"response": []
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "Create New User",
+			"request": {
+				"url": "localhost:8081/api/v1/users",
+				"method": "POST",
+				"header": [
+					{
+						"key": "Content-Type",
+						"value": "application/json",
+						"description": ""
+					},
+					{
+						"key": "auth-token",
+						"value": "PUT YOUR AUTH TOKEN HERE",
+						"description": ""
+					}
+				],
+				"body": {
+					"mode": "raw",
+					"raw": "{\r\n  \"user\": {\r\n    \"email\": \"email@example.com\"\r\n  }\r\n}"
 				},
 				"description": ""
 			},
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f852326e..5cd95019 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,13 +91,17 @@ Make the following replacements:
 
 In `opendc-web-server/static/index.html`, add your own `OAUTH_CLIENT_ID` in `content=` on line `2`.
 
-#### Set up Postman
+#### Set up Postman and OpenDC account
 
 To easily make HTTP requests to the web server, we recommend Postman (get it [here](https://www.getpostman.com/)).
 
-Once Postman is installed and set up, `Import` the OpenDC requests collection (`OpenDC.postman_collection.json`). In the `Collections` tab, expand `OpenDC` and click `Create New Simulation`. This should open the request in the `Builder` pane.
+Once Postman is installed and set up, `Import` the OpenDC requests collection (`OpenDC.postman_collection.json`). In the `Collections` tab, expand `OpenDC` and click `Create New User`. This should open the request in the `Builder` pane.
 
-Navigate to `http://localhost:8081/my-auth-token` and copy the authentication token on this page to your clipboard. In the Postman `Builder` pane, navigate to the `Headers (2)` tab, and paste the authentication token as value for the `auth-token` header. (This token expires every hour - refresh the auth token page to get a new token.)
+Navigate to `http://localhost:8081/my-auth-token` and copy the authentication token on this page to your clipboard. In the Postman `Builder` pane, navigate to the `Headers (2)` tab, and paste the authentication token as value for the `auth-token` header. (This token expires every hour - refresh the auth token page to get a new token.) 
+
+(Optional: navigate to the `Body` tab and change the email address to the gmail address you used to get an authentication token.)
+
+Click `Send` in Postman to send your request and see the server's response. If it's a `200`, your account is set up!
 
 ### Local Development
 
@@ -108,8 +112,6 @@ cd opendc-web-server
 python main.py config.json
 ```
 
-Click `Send` in Postman to send your request and see the server's response.
-
-To try a different query, use the Postman `Builder` to edit the method, path, body, query parameters, etc.
+To try a different query, use the Postman `Builder` to edit the method, path, body, query parameters, etc. `Create New Simulation` is provided as an additional example.
 
 When editing the web server code, restart the server (`CTRL` + `c` followed by `python main.py config.json` in the console running the server) to see the result of your changes.