Scenarios to consider when doing API Automation
Julia Pottinger
QualityWorks
UI automation is pretty popular, and offers valuable feedback on the quality of software. In addition to doing UI automation, it is of great value that you also automate your API tests. API automation provides faster feedback and wide test coverage of key areas. When testing APIs we normally ensure that the API does what it should, by returning the correct status and messages. In addition to that, there are several other scenarios that should be considered.
We should also spend time doing negative tests to ensure that our APIs handle errors appropriately, follow the specified schema, and don’t reveal data that it shouldn’t or have certain security gaps. In this talk, I will go through test scenarios that are important to consider when performing automated tests for APIs.
Key Takeaways:
1. Understand APIs
2. Positive and negative scenarios to automate on APIs
3. Tools and Techniques to test APIs
This talk is part of the EuroSTAR Deep Dive Week – Automation Edition. You are invited to enjoy live presentations, Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions, eBooks, and blogs on automation.
About Me!
Julia is the Head of Training and Development at QualityWorks. Julia is a big advocate for work life balance, rest and spending time with your loved ones. She enjoys helping companies enhance the quality of their software through improved test coverage, faster time to market, increased process efficiency and optimized use of resources. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience and I contribute to the testing community through writing articles, delivering testing courses and conducting testing workshops. Follow her on Twitter and check out her YouTube Channel.