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API Validation and Testing
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How to validate an API? - How have you handled
incomplete requirements? - How do you test your API?
Great questions! Let me break them down for you one by one:
1. How to Validate an API?
API validation generally refers to ensuring that the API behaves as expected, performs
correctly, and meets all specified requirements. To validate an API, we typically follow
these steps:
a. Functional Testing
Verify Endpoint Functionality: Check whether each API endpoint is performing the
expected task. For example, if an endpoint is supposed to return a list of users,
ensure that it actually does so and in the right format.
Input Validation: Test how the API handles various input types, including:
Valid inputs (happy path).
Invalid inputs (edge cases, null values, malformed data).
Boundary values (e.g., max or min field lengths).
Output Validation: Ensure the output matches the expected structure and format,
including HTTP status codes, response body, headers, etc.
b. Non-Functional Testing
Performance Testing: Measure response time, latency, throughput, and scalability
under load. Tools like JMeter or Postman can help with load testing.
Security Testing: Ensure the API is secure, checking for issues like SQL injection,
XSS, and authorization/authentication vulnerabilities. Tools like OWASP ZAP or
Burp Suite are often used here.
Rate Limiting: Verify that the API is enforcing rate limits and preventing abuse.
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