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API Testing

The document provides an overview of API testing, explaining the roles of clients and servers, and detailing the client-server architecture. It discusses various types of APIs, their functionalities, and how to test them using Postman, including terminology and HTTP methods. Additionally, it covers JSON as a data format for communication and outlines different authentication methods for API access.

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API Testing

The document provides an overview of API testing, explaining the roles of clients and servers, and detailing the client-server architecture. It discusses various types of APIs, their functionalities, and how to test them using Postman, including terminology and HTTP methods. Additionally, it covers JSON as a data format for communication and outlines different authentication methods for API access.

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API Testing

Introduction
What is Client & Server?
• A client is a computer hardware device or software that accesses a
service made available by a server.
• A server is a physical computer dedicated to run services to serve the
needs of other computers.
Client Server Architecture
What is an API?
API - Restaurant Analogy
MakeMyTrip Example
Other Examples
• Google Maps API used in Ola, Uber, WhatsApp, Swiggy
• Gmail Account used to log in Facebook, Linkedin,
Types of API

API Vs Webservice
REST API HTTP Methods
http Vs https
Terminologies
Feature & Resource
API Testing using Postman
• Both REST and SOAP APIs ca be tested using Postman
• Postman - Web and Desktop version
• Pre-requisite - Gmail account
Postman Terminologies:
Workspace:
• Area where we maintain all the files (test cases, requests etc.) and save
them.
• Whatever we do on postman, gets saved on a workspace
• Workspace is created by Postman using our gmail account.

Operations:
• Create
• Delete
• Rename
Postman Terminologies:
Collection:
• Collection is like a folder under a Workspace
• 1 Workspace can have n no. of Collections
• Under a Collection we can save our sub-folders, Test cases, http requests
• Without Collection, we can’t create our test cases or https requests

Operations:
• Create
• Rename
• Delete
• Run the Collection
https requests
• Get - retrieve the resource from the database
• Post - create a ressource on the database
• Put - update complete details of the existing resource on the database
• Patch - update partial details of the resource on the database
• Delete - delete the existing resource from the database

e.g.
emp_id , emp_name , emp_salary , emp_designation
JSON - Java Script Object Notation
• Communication between Client and Server happens in JSON or XML
• JSON - data format
What is JSON
JSON Data Types
• Number
• String
• Boolean
• Null
• Object
• Array

In JSON data is represented as key value pair


Key: Value
JSON Syntax
JSON vs XML
JSON vs XML Example
Authorization
• No Auth - No Authentication required

• API Key - a key is required to access the API

• Bearer Token - a token is required to access the API

• Basic Auth - username & password is required to access the API


• username & password will not be encrypted

• Digest Auth - username & password is required to access the API


• username & password will be encrypted

• OAuth 1.0 (old version) & OAuth 2.0 (new version)- 3rd party authentication
• very lengthy process to add these
• more secure
Summary
• 2xx = Everything’s fine, your request worked (e.g., 200, 201).
• 3xx = You need to be redirected somewhere else (e.g., 301, 302).
• 4xx = Something’s wrong with your request (e.g., 400, 404).
• 5xx = Something’s wrong on the server’s side (e.g., 500, 503).

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