Introduction to REST API Testing

• Understanding RESTful APIs
• Key concepts: HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), status codes, headers
• Basics of API testing vs. UI testing

API Testing Fundamentals

• API architecture and components
• API documentation reading and understanding
• Tools for API testing (Postman, cURL, Insomnia, etc.)
• API request and response formats (JSON, XML, etc.)

Test Environment Setup for API Testing

• Configuring tools for API testing
• Managing test data for API testing
• Mocking and simulating APIs for testing

API Test Planning and Design

• Understanding requirements for API testing
• Test strategy development for APIs
• Test scenarios and test case design
• Data-driven testing for APIs

API Test Execution and Reporting

• Executing API tests using various tools
• Handling authentication and authorization in API testing
• Validation of API responses
• Generating API test reports

Automation in API Testing

• Introduction to API automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, RestAssured, etc.)
• Writing automated API tests
• Continuous integration and API testing

Security Testing for APIs

• Common API security vulnerabilities
• Techniques for API security testing
• Best practices for securing APIs
• Performance Testing for APIs
• Basics of API performance testing
• Tools for API performance testing
• Analyzing API performance metrics

Advanced Topics in API Testing

• Handling edge cases and error scenarios
• API versioning and backward compatibility testing
• Exploratory testing for APIs
• API monitoring and maintenance

Case Studies and Real-world Scenarios

• Examining real-life API testing challenges
• Case studies of successful API testing implementations
• Best practices from industry examples

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