API Testing and Validation

Learn how to validate and test your API to ensure it's working as intended and solving business problems.

Introduction

• Be an API testing and validation MVP
• What you should know
• API overview
• Exercise files

1. Behavior Testing with Cucumber and Gherkin

• Acceptance testing
• Explanation of Gherkin
• Set up your test environment
• Create your first feature description
• Write your first test

2. Build Your First API Test

• Make your first request
• Introduce variables in requests
• Validate responses

3. Handling Authentication in API Testing

• Expand your testing environment
• Making an authenticated request
• Changing your API and target via your requests
• Validate responses
• Refactor the tests

4. Advanced API Testing in Practice

• Writing to the API
• Establishing a system state for tests
• Solution: Validating system state
• Handling response codes
• Using extensions

5. Planning Your API Testing Strategy

• Mapping your API
• Documenting your API
• Prioritizing your endpoints
• Structuring your tests

Conclusion

• Next steps