Automate WebServices Rest API (testing) using Java

Course details

API testing is integration testingof API's which checks the functionality , performance & security aspects of API's.

As GUI test is difficult tomaintain and requires a considerable amount of period, API has evolved asprimary testing of application logic.

API to be tested are those whichare developed by development team or third party API's which we would consumein our project.

API testing involves:

• Calling the API with different parameter values

• API boundary value conditions

• Actions performed by API i.e. updating database, calling other API

• Validating Response

Popular API which are used are RESTimplement in JSON format, which we will be looking during the course. Rest hasbecome  most popular because it is lightand easy to maintain.

Rest-assured is library developedby Jaway which is best open source library specially designed to automated RestAPI. It also supportsXML and JSON Request/Responses.

No need of any tool when you needto automate API, simple coding skills will let you perfect automation of API,will be taught during the course.

Advantage

• Request can be easily prepared and send over internet
• Assertions in Response data
• Clean code which is easy to be maintained