API Testing Using Postman
API testing using Postman is crucial for ensuring application reliability and data integrity. The chapter introduces the concept of APIs, focusing on REST APIs and their operations. Postman serves as a powerful tool for making requests and validating responses, highlighted through examples of GET and POST requests, and the importance of writing assertions for effective testing.
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11.3Using Postman To Send Requests
What we have learnt
- APIs facilitate communication between different software systems.
- REST APIs utilize HTTP methods to interact with resources.
- Postman is an essential tool for sending requests and verifying API responses through automated tests.
Key Concepts
- -- API
- Application Programming Interface; enables different software systems to communicate with each other.
- -- REST API
- An API that adheres to the REST architecture principles, using standard HTTP methods.
- -- Postman
- A GUI tool that simplifies sending HTTP requests to APIs and analyzing the responses received.
- -- Assertions
- Scripts written in Postman to validate the response's status, headers, and body content.
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