Authors | |
Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
Year | |
Pages | 223 |
Version | paperback |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9781484281413 |
Categories | Software testing & verification |
Explore software web application architecture, API testing, coding practices, and the standards for better API test automation development and management. This book focuses on aspiring software testing engineers currently working in API testing, and those starting their journey in the field of software testing.
You'll begin with an introduction to API testing and software web applications involving APIs. The book then moves on to the authentication standards used in the software industry, and the tools, the frameworks, and the libraries used in API testing. As the book progresses, you'll learn about the test pyramid, how to test an API, what makes a good test script, and various coding guidelines. Finally, you get to write your own API test script.
Learn API Testing is your pathway to understanding a typical software web application, its requests and responses, and the properties of a good test script.
What You'll learn
Who This Book Is For
API testing aspirants, developers/architects, project managers, and non-technical team members who may want to understand how APIs are being tested.
Learn API Testing: Norms, Practices, and Guidelines for Building Effective Test Automation
Chapter Goal: Help the reader identify the purpose of the book, target audience and skills set required to perform API Testing
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Sub -Topics
1. What is API Testing
2. Why We Need API Testing
3. Types of API Testing
4. Advantages
Chapter Goal: Gain knowledge about software web application standards which involves APIs
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Sub - Topics
1. REST Client/Server Architecture
2. Monolithic Vs. Microservices based web application
3. HTTP(s)
4. Header(s)
5. Request / Response
6. Response Codes
Chapter 3: AuthenticationChapter Goal: Standard authentication used in industry
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Sub - Topics:
1. Basic Authentication
2. Session Based Authentication
3. Token / JWT Based Authentication
4. OAuth2 Based Authentication
Chapter 4: ToolsChapter Goal: Understanding of Tools used for doing API Testing
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Sub - Topics:
1. Postman
2. CURL3. RestAssured
4. TestNG
5. Log4j
6. Java - Spring Boot
Chapter 5: Test PyramidChapter Goal: Testing types and hierarchy of each type
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Sub - Topics:
1. Black Box Testing
2. Grey Box Testing
3. Unit Testing
4. Components of Test Pyramid
Chapter 6: Testing The API· Chapter Goal: API Testing Paradigm (Internal/External APIs., CDCT)
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Sub - Topics:
1. Manual Test Script/ Workflows/ Use Cases
2. What to Test
a. Schema
b. Data
c. Data Type
3. Coverage Good / Bad
4. Headers Testing
a. Request Header
i. Correct Header
ii. Missing Header
iii. Incorrect Header
iv. Unsupported Type
b. Response Header
i. Supported Type
ii. Header Response
iii. Response Codes
5. Request Body
a. Format Unsupported
b. Special Characters
c. Too long String
d. Invalid value
e. Wrong data type
f. Empty data/object
g. Required fields
h. Null
i. Redundant fields
j. DELETE already deleted entity
k. Use PUT in place of POST etc.
6. Response Body
a. Actual Data vs. Expected Data
b. Limit
7. Internal vs. External APIs
8. CDCT - Consumer Driver Contract Testing9. Risk
a. Importance of Negative Testing
Chapter 7: A Good Test ScriptChapter Goal: Properties of a Good test script
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Sub - Topics:
1. Components of a Good Test Script
2. Example
Chapter 8: Coding Guidelines
Chapter Goal: Using standard coding guidelines for better test management and review.
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Sub - Topics:
1. Google Best Practices
2. Test Naming Conventions
3. Method Naming Convention
4. Others
Chapter 9: Organize Test FrameworkChapter Goal: Organize a test framework in a way that is usable across any team / project
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Sub - Topics:
1. Maven Project
2. Dependencies
3. Spring Boot4. Properties File/Environment Based
5. End Points
6. Authentication
7. Request
8. Response
9. Test Data
a. JSON
b. File
c. HashMap
d. TestNG data provider10. Logging
Chapter 10: First TestChapter Goal: Write first test to get a feel of API testing
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Sub - Topics:
1. Developing First Test
2. Executing First Test
3. Check Results
4. Check Logging
Chapter 11: API Documentation
Chapter Goal: API documentation is a mandatory requirement for writing API tests, swagger is the tool that is being used, we will see how to read the swagger API documentation for better understanding on the End Points.
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Sub - Topics:
1. Swagger
2. Why We Need API Documentation
3. Understanding the API Documentation
Chapter 12: Case Study - Shopping Cart APIs
Chapter Goal: A Sample application is used to demonstrate the industrial way of doing API testing, this is an equivalent to a workshop on doing API testing.
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1. Setting Up Application
2. Goal Setting
3. Test Environment (Docker Container)
4. Test Data Preparation
5. Agile Testing
6. Shopping Cart API End Points
7. Understanding Business Requirements
8. Manual Tests Scripts
9. Implementing Test Framework
10. Writing Test
11. Test Suite
12. Execution13. Results
14. Utilities