Questions tagged [api]
Application Programming Interface : a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service.
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How do you test a backend API?
I was applying for QA position and the SDET asked me this question:
How do you test a backend API?
In the interview.
I wasn't sure I answered it correctly. Just wondering if I can get some input ...
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API Testing tools in C#
I'm looking at writing at automated tests to cover regression testing in respect of Restful API's.
I have familiarity with how to do this in Java using Rest Assured, however the company I currently ...
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API test automation: GUI tool vs programmatic approach?
We have a Rest API written in C# and I need to investigate a good approach to automate the tests. There are 2 ways to automate API tests:
GUI tool (e.g. SoapUI)
Programmatic approach, using some test ...
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How to approach API testing?
This is one of the most common needs today and consequently a common interview question.
This question is intended to be a canonical answer to the general question of "How do I test an API". Other ...
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API Test Plan Documentation Standards
I've a question for experienced API testers, especially those who work in large organisations. I've been tasked to identify any industry standards for documentation of API test plans. So far, I've ...
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Assistance with a DELETE request in Postman
I'm attempting to create some API tests to assist with getting familiar with API automation and I'm using the really helpful Restful-Booker API for this. The API documentation is also here.
However I’...
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Good strategies to test integration with multiple external providers
I have a single service that acts as "middle-man"/gateway between a few internal services and multiple external complex APIs, over 20 to 30+ different ones.
I want to direct my testing efforts in ...
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I want to practice testing API but can't find anything interesting
I want to practice in automating API testing but can't find anything interesting. Everything that I found were on the one hand rather complicated, on the other hand they did not allow testing such ...
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SoapUI Groovy Script for date field to always use "last week"
I'm trying to use property as an input for API that requires a date. Since I'm remaking these tests every day, and will probably use them in future again, I want the value to be fluid.
I encountered ...
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How to create automation framework for automation of REST APIs?
Currently, I am using JMeter to automate APIs but I have been asked to form a framework that is quicker and convenient to use for everyone in the team and a framework that preferably involves reading ...
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How to test Single Sign On (SSO) implementation?
Single Sign On (SSO) is being implemented on the application I work on and I have to QA this ensuring that nothing breaks due to the aforementioned implementation. The development side told us that ...
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Where to find the authorization token in JMeter recorded scripts of an android app?
I am getting unauthorized error for my HTTP request.
I recorded the server side interaction of Android app using JMeter proxy script recorder. Only the login request is working, but the token is not ...
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What is the best way to test API? [closed]
I am working as QA in a company. We create a client-server mobile application. Now I want to test our APIs via automation during my daily routine.
What is the best way to test a RESTful API? Any ...
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Career path advice - microservices or APi testing
How to become an automation expert in restful api testing ?
Is this similar to microservices testing or is that a different approach ?
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API Management Tool Recommendation
I am looking for a tool for API testing and collaboration that offers the following:
Creating a workspace that can be shared with a limited number of people.
A good number of collections without ...
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commit end 2 end / acceptance tests in FE or BE repository?
I have two repositories:
Backend API (php/laravel). API tests written with codeception
Frontend SPA (vue). tests written with jest
I now want to write e2e/acceptance test. The tests should automate ...
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API testing single layer
I would like to start writing some API tests for one of our APIs, but we are seeing a lot of issues with stability of other APIs and I'm not really sure how to handle that problem.
To clarify I have ...
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API Testing on production - what requests shouldn't test?
I've manage to get new job and what I can say so far - expectations for me are high. I never used to test API on production - usually I've been teached to test API on dev/test enviroment, but in ...
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Replacing url data with file data in jmeter
I have a link which contains a field for id. I want to fill this field data with data from a csv/txt file. The link is going to help me get data for a particular api.The url looks something like this:
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How can I provide delay between dependent API calls dynamically in JMeter script
I want to create JMeter script in which some API calls are made only after the response to the API calls which it is dependent upon is received successfully. Is it possible in JMeter? And if yes then ...
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Design Industrial Process Controller for Testability
We are currently developing a new industrial process controller for applications with very low cycle times (<50us). The embedded software that runs on this controller shall be validated ...
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Postman API test structure
Recently I started writing tests for our API. However, I have faced some issues which I think it is critical to think at the start.
How should I structure my tests in terms of setup and cleanup phase (...
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Passing parameters between tests with RestSharp
As I'm getting more familiar with the RestSharp client library for my API testing I'm confortable with using it for single API response checks e.g. checking a status code is correct, or that the ...
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Laravel codeception api testing test structure
I want to test all my API endpoints with codeception.
I started off with a more model-based approach:
class UserCest
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public function it_can_request_its_own_status (ApiTester $I) {
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How to create generic Java code to make REST API calls?
I have some automated RESTful API tests in Java. They use a proprietary Java library (restLibOne) to make API calls. The proprietary library is similar in concept to REST Assured, but vastly different ...
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JMeter - JSON parse error: Unexpected character
I am trying to add dynamic Post response on one rest API URL(http:IP:9000/page) with data as a JSON request in file format, So to add that file in post body I use the command:
{__$FileToString(C:\...
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API Performance for 30 user, after 1 second
I want to hit an API with different data that will be fetched from a CSV and this data will be hit one at a time after every second.
What I did is that used CSV data config to upload data and in ...
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API Testing and automation framework [closed]
I wonder if it is 100% necessary to use an automation framework like KARATE instead of API Tools like POSTMAN.
Usually I automate different websites by using SELENIUM & JAVA and I try different ...
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GUI tool for API testing with possibility to choose HTTP protocol version
I'm looking for a GUI tool for API testing that allows for changing a HTTP protocol version.
There're many tools for API testing, but all I've found don't offer a choice of selecting what HTTP ...
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Best practice for testing data integrity between server and UI
I am a QA. This is the software chart:
Search Engine (Apache Solr) <-> Server (expose itself to UI by an API) <-> UI.
The server makes queries on the search engine and send the returned data ...
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How can I test when app requires OTP via SMS?
I'm using Selenium with Java to test a web application. The app requires a user to receive a One-Time Passcode (OTP) to authenticate they are, who they say they are and to authorize several critical ...
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SoapUI response: Integer range validation
One of my API's is returning,
"minStudentAge":12
For a one API out put there will be 5 ,6 "minStudentAge" tags with different integer value.
Is there any way to validate the integer value which ...
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Comparison testing using karate tool
I'm using karate tool for api automation testing. Is there a way to do comparison or A/B testing using karate - That's testing with 2 urls and making sure both return the same response..please help ..
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How to test API contracts when there is a dependency on data from an outside source
I'm after some advice regarding a project I am currently working on. There is a front-end, similar to what Amazon is like in that sales are fed through the site(there is no API for doing this). ...
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Should I test the created data after using Post Https Requests from Postman?
We are gonna use Postman to tests our API resources.
When you create a Post HTTP request to your API, it returns success response and not sure if the data were created successfully and correctly.
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How to extract rcAuth Token from header and POST as parameter to call an API
I'm automating email verification process, For that I have an API where I have to pass the emailID with the URL e.g.http://apiqa.somewebsite.in/api/v1/verify-email-qa/[email protected] and have ...
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Api load testing with certain scenarios
Hei. I've done some api testing with java using restassured framework, but this doesn't seem to have a good solution for load testing. I would need a recommendation for a tool that could help me with ...
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Automate the API using rest assured
I have got some rest API's for testing with rest assured.
How to automate using with rest assured? What are the different cases that I need to test?
This is a sample API. What are the test cases ...
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Some value from Postman test undefined
I need to create tests in Postman for running key values for the AI Conversation app.
I have created tests, where I have used the logic below, where I can see all of the values after a test run except ...
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Header isnt being sent when using faraday gem ruby
I am doing an Api automation in Ruby and I am using the Gem Faraday to automate a file upload in my API.
I have the follow problem:
My Header is not being sent. I just tried all the options and is ...
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Consumer-driven Contract Testing
I've just come across the term consumer-driven contract testing and, working as a QA, was wondering a few things:
What does this actually mean in laymans terms?
Who would generally execute this type ...
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Start with soap ui [closed]
I want to do API testing in my project. I installed soap ui for api
testing. I don't know to get start using soap ui. Can anybody help me
to start doing soap ui testing . Is we have to write ...
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Should automation code be as complex as application code?
Software project are often created as modules (in separated project folders) and communicate using services and apis to communicate between modules in order to improve flexibility and scalability. ...
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Asserting against database during selenium test run
Just wanted to hear some thoughts about asserting against the database during a selenium test suite. For the website I am working on is a SPA with API backend where the majority of the service ...
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XML Payload gives 'The ' ' character, hexadecimal value 0x20, cannot be included in a name.' error
I'm attempting to create a test framework in c# to automate some of our API tests. Relatively new to this area so have come across an issue I can't solve. My XML payload is as below:
<Order>
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java.lang.NullPointerException,at ✽.Given product is set with the following fields(src/test/resources/features/wizard/wizardNewProduct.feature:
Pls, I need help, I'm getting a null pointer exception, When I send a request, I'm catching values in Cucumber through the List<Map<String, String>>.
I'm testing API with Rest Assured and ...
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Can i check at a time multiple api in jMeter? [duplicate]
I have started the JMeter in the mobile Application can I test the Multiple API at a time in Jmeter if yes then how can I check the output?
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Postman or any API tools for API cache testing
my application (Restful API, no UI interface at this moment) has the Cache Async in memory functionality at each GET, POST, PUT, DELETE.
Does Postman or any API tools has the ability to test the cache ...
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How do I pass payload to API test?
I'm creating an API testing framework, and to avoid having a test class containing 1000's of lines of code I'm looking at creating separate classes which will hold the xml data, which I'll then call ...
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Testing NIFI: best practices
I do have new task related to test NIFI Apache.
not sure where to start or how to.
I have one thing in mind to test it as an API but the only response it sends is status code.
I know also it has be ...
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