Overview

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 Examine practices, standards, and guidelines for effective test automation Work with different tools like RestAssured, Curl, and Postman Understand API testing paradigm (internal/external APIs, CDCT) Review a case study on the industrial software API testing process Organize a test framework 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.

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Author:   Jagdeep Jain
Publisher:   APress
Imprint:   APress
Edition:   1st ed.
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781484281413

ISBN 10:   1484281411
Pages:   223
Publication Date:   19 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:  Introduction to API TestingChapter Goal: Help the reader identify the purpose of the book, target audience and skills set required to perform API Testing No of pages    - Sub -Topics 1. What is API Testing 2. Why We Need API Testing 3. Types of API Testing 4. Advantages Chapter 2: Software Application Chapter Goal: Gain knowledge about software web application standards which involves APIs No of pages: - 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: Authentication Chapter Goal: Standard authentication used in industry No of pages : - Sub - Topics: 1.     Basic Authentication 2.     Session Based Authentication 3.     Token / JWT Based Authentication 4.     OAuth2 Based Authentication Chapter 4: Tools Chapter Goal: Understanding of Tools used for doing API Testing No of pages: - Sub - Topics: 1.     Postman 2.     CURL 3.     RestAssured 4.     TestNG 5.     Log4j 6.     Java - Spring Boot Chapter 5: Test Pyramid Chapter Goal: Testing types and hierarchy of each type No of pages: - 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) No of pages: - 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 Testing 9.       Risk a.       Importance of Negative Testing Chapter 7: A Good Test Script Chapter Goal: Properties of a Good test script No of pages: - 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. No of pages: - Sub - Topics:   1.       Google Best Practices 2.       Test Naming Conventions 3.       Method Naming Convention 4.       Others Chapter 9: Organize Test Framework Chapter Goal: Organize a test framework in a way that is usable across any team / project No of pages: - Sub - Topics:   1.       Maven Project 2.       Dependencies 3.       Spring Boot 4.       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 provider 10.   Logging Chapter 10: First Test Chapter Goal: Write first test to get a feel of API testing No of pages: - 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. No of pages: - 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. No of pages: - Sub - Topics:   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.   Execution 13.   Results 14.   Utilities  

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Jagdeep Jain has more than 15 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing working in various product development software companies. He holds a degree in Computer Science & Engineering. He is a firm believer and advocate of test automation. He has Co-Authored Pro Apache JMeter with Sai Matam.

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