API Testing

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Module Overview

The API Testing module provides comprehensive API testing guidance, helping testing teams design and execute effective API tests, ensure API functionality, performance, security, and reliability.

Core Features

🔌 Complete API Testing Coverage

• Functional Testing: API endpoint functionality validation
• Integration Testing: API integration and data flow testing
• Contract Testing: API contract verification
• End-to-End Testing: Complete business flow testing

🎯 Multi-Protocol Support

• REST API: RESTful API testing
• GraphQL: GraphQL query and mutation testing
• SOAP: SOAP web service testing
• gRPC: gRPC service testing

🔍 Comprehensive Validation

• Response Validation: Status codes, headers, body validation
• Schema Validation: JSON/XML schema validation
• Performance Testing: Response time and throughput testing
• Security Testing: Authentication, authorization, and vulnerability testing

🌐 Testing Tools

• Postman: Popular API testing tool
• REST Assured: Java API testing framework
• Karate: BDD-style API testing
• Newman: Command-line Postman collection runner

File Description

Chinese Prompts

• File: APITestingPrompt.md
• Role: Senior API Testing Expert (10+ years experience)
• Use Case: Chinese project teams, API testing requirements

English Prompts

• File: APITestingPrompt_EN.md
• Role: Senior API Testing Expert
• Use Case: International teams, English project environments

Lite Version Prompts

• File: APITestingPrompt_Lite.md / APITestingPrompt_Lite_EN.md
• Features: Quick start, focused on core API testing concepts
• Use Case: Quick API testing and basic validation

Usage Guide

Quick Start

1. Select Prompt File

   • Full Version: Comprehensive API testing strategy
   • Lite Version: Quick API testing and validation

2. Prepare Input Materials

   API Documentation: [OpenAPI/Swagger specification]
   Authentication: [API authentication method]
   Test Environment: [API base URL and endpoints]
   Test Data: [Sample request and response data]

3. Get API Test Plan

   • Complete test case design
   • Automation framework recommendations
   • Performance benchmarks
   • Security testing checklist

Related Modules

• Automation Testing - API test automation
• Performance Testing - API performance testing
• Security Testing - API security testing

Learning Resources

Recommended Books

• "REST API Design Rulebook"
• "API Testing and Development with Postman"
• "Continuous API Management"

Online Resources

• Postman Learning Center
• REST API Tutorial
• API Testing Best Practices

Contribution Guide

Welcome to contribute to the API Testing module:

1. Share Cases: Share successful API testing cases
2. Tool Reviews: Review and recommend API testing tools
3. Best Practices: Share API testing best practices
4. Framework Examples: Provide API testing framework examples

License

This module follows the MIT License. See the LICENSE file in the project root directory for details.

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Make API testing more efficient and reliable! 🔌✨