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API Testing methodologies: Advantages and Approaches

API Testing methodologies: Advantages and Approaches

API testing is one of the most complex yet significant steps in software development as a part of QA testing. There are many benefits of API testing since those can be sophisticated and they frequently depend on protocols and standards that are hard to find in other forms of testing.

 


While developers prefer to test just the core functionality they are working on, QA testers need to adopt API testing methodology to evaluate functionality, API performance tests, and API security tests. They check whether all components operate together from end to end.

 

Starting the API Testing

To begin an API testing process, it is essential to have a clear knowledge of API testing methodologies’ scope and purpose.

Here are some basic questions to consider before starting any API tests.

 

  • What kinds of endpoints can you put to the test?
  • When a request is successful, what are the anticipated response codes?
  • If a request is denied, what response codes should be expected?
  • What error message should be generated when a request is failed?

Once you have proper answers to the questions mentioned above, you can start adopting different testing approaches. The API testing in software development should also be tested to determine what situations or variables testers can assess and whether a certain system works properly and reacts appropriately? This is where test cases come in.

 

Read More: Know About API Testing Methodologies In Detail 

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