Introduction “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” ― Isaac Newton, The Correspondence Of Isaac Newton There has been an explosion of available tooling that emerged from cloud computing's growth almost a decade ago. Developers pressing forward to do things better, make things cooler, or slick. The benefit for …
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How to Use Postman for API Testing Tutorial
Postman API testing is designed to help developers build and manage applications with ease. With many companies opting for instant messaging applications, there is an API that receives and sends users' requests in the background. Thus the need to assess how well those apps are doing is the paramount need for the developers. The enticing bit is …
API Monitoring
What is API Monitoring? API monitoring is the process of observing the functional, availability, and performance metrics of an API. The API could be an internal, external, or third-party API that is relied on by another application. You want to monitor an API because: Your application depends on the services or data provided Your API has …
Test APIs From Development to Deployment with RapidAPI Testing
We are excited to introduce RapidAPI Testing — a functional API testing solution for creating and managing comprehensive API tests from development to deployment. Tests can be run for any type of API (including REST, SOAP, and GraphQL). Why We Built RapidAPI Testing The growth of the RapidAPI Enterprise Hub has given our team the opportunity to …
How to test an API Manually
An API is a specification of the only permitted ways for one system to communicate with another. In this post, we will take a closer look at Web and REST APIs. As you probably know, older systems used to have monolithic user interface integrations on the server-side. These were easier to implement but harder to extend and scale. The reason why …
Insomnia vs. Postman vs. Paw
API Clients The market for API clients (aka REST Clients) is growing. Competition has forced many providers to give their users more features, easier workflows, and lower prices. This is great for developers that are looking to improve their API testing, descriptions, and integrations. The caveat is the difficulty in finding the right API client …
RapidAPI for Teams Tutorial: Testing APIs
Introduction Let's face it; testing is tedious. But ask passengers of a Boeing 737 class airline if software testing is tedious (Boeing 737 MAX groundings). Or ask a banker who lost millions due to a security breach of an untested API. Faulty software can cause enormous costs to organizations, individuals, and even lead to loss of life. APIs are …
Top 12 Best API Testing Tools (for Developers) [2021]
With APIs increasingly becoming essential components for software development, it has become vitally critical for developers and programmers to perform API tests. API testing is a process that focuses on determining whether an API that has been developed meets the anticipated threshold in terms of functionality, performance, reliability, and …