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API Testing Courses provide concise yet comprehensive training

on testing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), covering
essential techniques, tools, and methodologies to ensure API
functionality, reliability, and security.

By
Muru & Anish
## API Testing Basics

1. **Client-Server Architecture**

- Understand the fundamental architecture of client-server systems.

- Explore the roles of clients and servers in communication.

2. **Layers in Software Systems**

- Discuss the three primary layers: Presentation, Business, and Database.

- Understand how APIs fit into this layered structure.

3. **What is an API?**

- Define APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).

- Explore their purpose and significance in software development.

4. **API Testing: An Overview**

- Learn what API testing entails.

- Understand its importance in ensuring robust and reliable applications.

5. **API Testing vs. Unit Testing**

- Differentiate between API testing and unit testing.

- Understand their distinct purposes and scopes.

6. **Introduction to Web Services**

- Explore the concept of web services.

- Understand how they facilitate communication between different systems.

7. **HTTP Structure**

- Dive into the basics of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).

- Learn about request methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and response codes.
8. **XML and JSON Overview**

- Compare and contrast XML (Extensible Markup Language) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

- Understand their use in API communication.

9. **URI and URL**

- Define Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

- Explore their role in identifying resources on the web.

10. **Tools for API Testing**

- Introduce popular tools for API testing, such as Postman and Rest Assured.

- Understand their features and capabilities.

11. **Approach to API Testing**

- Discuss best practices for planning and executing API tests.

- Cover test design, test data, and test environment setup.

12. **Challenges in API Testing**

- Identify common challenges faced during API testing.

- Explore strategies to overcome them.

13. **What to Test in API Testing**

- Define the scope of API testing.

- Discuss key areas to focus on during testing.

14. **HTTP Methods**

- Explore various HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE).

- Understand their usage in API interactions.

15. **Status Codes**

- Learn about common HTTP status codes (e.g., 200 OK, 404 Not Found).

- Understand their significance in API responses.

16. **Example APIs**

- Provide practical examples of APIs (e.g., weather APIs, currency converters).

- Demonstrate how to interact with them programmatically.

## REST Web Services

1. **Introduction to REST Web Services**

- Understand the principles of Representational State Transfer (REST).

- Explore RESTful architecture and its benefits.

2. **Difference Between SOAP and REST Web Services**

- Compare SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and REST.

- Highlight the advantages of RESTful services.

## Postman Tool

1. **Introduction to Postman**

- Install and set up Postman.

- Explore its user interface and features.

2. **Creating Requests in Postman**

- Build API requests using Postman.

- Define endpoints, headers, and request bodies.

3. **Creating Collections in Postman**

- Organize related requests into collections.

- Understand the benefits of collections.

4. **Variables and Environments in Postman**

- Use variables for dynamic values in requests.

- Set up environments for different testing scenarios.

5. **Authorization in Postman**

- Configure authentication methods (e.g., API keys, OAuth) in Postman.

- Securely access APIs.

6. **Assertions and Test Scripts in Postman**

- Write assertions to validate API responses.

- Create test scripts for automated validation.

7. **Command Line Integration with Newman**

- Execute Postman collections via the command line using Newman.

- Automate API testing in CI/CD pipelines.

## REST Assured

1. **Pre-Request for Rest Assured**

- Set up Rest-Assured in the Eclipse IDE.

- Create a Maven project for API testing.

2. **Introduction to RESTful APIs**

- What are RESTful APIs?

- Key concepts: HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), status codes, request and response formats (JSON, XML),
URI structure, etc.
3. **Introduction to Rest Assured**

- What is Rest Assured?

- Why use Rest Assured for API testing?

- Setting up Rest Assured in a Java project

4. **Basics of API Testing with Rest Assured**

- Making GET requests

- Handling response: status codes, headers, body

- Validating response data

- Logging and debugging requests

5. **Request Specification and Response Specification**

- Creating request specifications

- Creating response specifications

- Reusing specifications across tests

6. **Handling Request and Response Payloads**

- Sending POST, PUT, DELETE requests

- Handling request payloads (JSON, XML, form data)

- Deserialization of response payloads

7. **Authentication and Authorization**

- Basic Authentication

- OAuth Authentication

- Handling JWT tokens

- Handling OAuth tokens

8. **Advanced Concepts**

- Handling Cookies

- Handling Sessions

- Setting up Proxy

9. **Test Automation Best Practices**

- Organizing test code

- Writing maintainable tests

- Handling test data

- Handling dependencies between tests

10. **Integration with TestNG**

- Setting up test suites

- Running tests in parallel

- Generating reports

11. **BDD Framework Introduction**

- What is BDD?

- Benefits of using BDD for API testing.

- Introduction to BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber).

- Setting up BDD framework with Rest Assured.

12. **BDD Testing Basics**

- Writing BDD-style scenarios for API tests.

- Writing BDD-style step definitions for request-response interactions.

- Scenario outlines.

- Background, Tags.
13. **Test Automation Best Practices**

- Organizing test code.

- Writing maintainable tests.

- Handling test data.

- Handling dependencies between tests.

14. **Integration with TestNG and Maven**

- Setting up test suites.

- Running tests in parallel.

- Generating reports.

- Integrating BDD framework with Maven for dependency management and test execution.

15. **Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)**

- Integrating Rest Assured tests into CI/CD pipelines.

- Automating test execution.

- Reporting and monitoring test results.

- Jenkins setup and configuration for running BDD tests.

16. **Real-world Examples and Projects**

- Building test suites for real RESTful APIs.

- Mocking responses for testing.

- Handling edge cases and error scenarios.

- Collaborative BDD workflows and version control integration.

17. **Recap of Key Concepts**

- Summary of REST Assured, BDD, and integration with Maven and Jenkins.

- Benefits of using BDD framework for API testing.

Recap of key concepts