API Testing and Validation

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• API overview
• Required tools for this course
• Useful tools for this course
• Exercise files

1. Understand Behavior Testing with Gherkin

• Testing overview: Goals and behavior
• Explanation of Gherkin
• Set up the Behat environment
• Running your first test: Write, generate, fill in, and refactor cycle

2. Build Your First API Test

• Make your first request: Read only
• Introduce variables in requests
• Validate responses: Response codes and payload

3. Handling Authentication in API Testing

• Make authenticated requests
• Make your first authenticated request
• Validate responses
• Refactor the tests

4. Advanced API Testing in Practice

• Writing to the API
• Establishing system state for tests
• Challenge solution
• Handling response codes
• Use extensions: Batch operations

Expand Your API Tests

• Next steps