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Work with the maintainer of the API and explain the issues and ask them to adjust the code on their end so that the error generates a 404 return code ('resource not found', applies to any entity for w …

First list out the rest actions you are supporting and the actual URL's in your application. These are also called endpoints of course. Then create test skeletons and templates that can be used and …

If you want to test components (some consider framework components as units) at the framework level such as React or Angular you can use https://docs.cypress.io/guides/component-testing/overview For n …

I would divide the testing into two parts: The forms processing on your site This is where you should write UI test cases Production Monitoring. Separate from testing you should consider having a sy …

Speed and Stability Relying on UI tests to test APIs will quickly lead to a lot of problems. It's ok for 1 test perhaps, but once you start to add more, a lot of problems arise. Here's why you should …

The tests serve different purposes. Overlap is good. The 'overlap' of higher order tests (such as API) and Unit tests should be high. In fact 100% would be good. Unit tests mock and stub all dependen …

Generally speaking I consider it a bad practice if you are using different data combinations to run UI tests. I refer to this as data combinatorial testing. Generally speaking I look to be sure that t …

Move the login outside the test, for example, to a before. You may need to add a condition where it checks if token exists already. You may also be able to use a before all depending on language and f …

I would approach it from these perspectives: 1. What kind of testing are you doing ? Is it at the unit, integrated or end-to-end level? Is it white, black or grey box?. If it is at the unit or integr …

Use the test pyramid as mentioned by Peter Masiar. My contribution here is help answer the question of exactly how to decide the 20% and 80% figures that Peter mentions. My approach to this is to …

Postman If you install and use Postman ( a leading API tool with a free version) there is training and examples on their site and within the tool. As postman is a leading tool this is a good one to l …

API Gateway from Amazon might be worth exploring given all the supporting infrastructure that comes with it. https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/

Chrome Dev Tools - Aug 2018 (they will keep changing) Customize the tools themselves - "dots" menu on the right Most common use is to change where the tools are "docked" (right, below, etc). The To …

A key strategy for me is to convince the business of what needs to be tested where, otherwise... they'll end up directing testing everything through the UI... So the two key main points I am making t …