What is API Software Testing?

API testing is a type of software testing that analyzes an application program interface (API) to verify it fulfills its expected functionality, security, performance and reliability. The tests are performed either directly on the API or as part of integration testing.

Full Time

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High School

Use software and prepare for the future while you’re still in high school. Thus no matter where you are, we come to you! Thus giving you the analytic skills to pursue your dreams!

Corporate

Learn software tools and techniques. Thus up skill yourself or your company while you’re working. Hence no matter where you are, we come to you and give the tools to move up in your company.

Have the option to become ISTQB CTFL.

Course Objectives for API Testing Training in South Africa.

By the end of the programming tester course, students will have usable knowledge of the following:

• Understand What is Software testing?
• Be able to understand Static testing Vs dynamic testing.
• Understand the test process.
• Thoroughly Understand testing psychology
  and testing code of ethics.
• Learn about Acceptance testing.
• Alpha and Beta testing.
• Retesting Vs. Regression testing.
• With attention to black-box Vs white-box testing.
• Overall understand Maintenance testing.
• Including the use of performance testing.
• Learn System testing and integration testing.
• Understand Software development designs.

Course Objectives for SoapUI for API Testing Course.

By the end of the SoapUI Testing course South Africa, students will have usable knowledge of the following:

• API testing vs Unit testing and UI testing
• Overview of Protocols
• SOAP, REST, HTTP, JMS, AMF and JDBC
• Overview of SoapUI Features
• Project Types in SoapUI
• SOAP projects
• REST projects
• Generic projects
• Creating a Project
• Importing a Project
• Exploring Your Application APIs with Fiddler and Postman
• Simulating and Mocking Web Services
• Creating and Executing Functional Tests
• Creating and Executing Regression Tests
• Creating and Executing Load Tests
• Security Testing with SoapUI
• Carrying out Compliance Testing
• Database Testing with SoapUI
• Multi-Layer Test Automation with Selenium
• Extending Test Coverage
• Reporting
• Working with SoapUI Plugins
• Automating Your SoapUI Tests
• SoapUI Integration with Jenkins
• End-to-End Test Automation
• API Testing Best Practices

Course Objectives for API Testing with Postman Course.

By the end of the API Testing with Postman Course South Africa, students will have usable knowledge of the following:

• Execute tests using automated requests and workflows.
• Define, develop, test, and observe an API using a version control system.
• Generate dynamic data in a request.
• Document and organize tests in collections for team revision.

Course Objectives for Rest Assured APIs with Postman and Java Course.

By the end of the Rest Assured APIs with Postman and Java Course South Africa, students will have usable knowledge of the following:

• Automate webservice API testing using Postman and REST Assured API.
• Generate reports for execution results.
• Design and implement automation frameworks with REST Assured API.

Course Objectives for Rest Assured: API Testing for REST Services Course.

By the end of the Rest Assured: API Testing for REST Services Course South Africa, students will have usable knowledge of the following:

Introduction

• What is API testing and why should you do it?
• REST vs SOAP based API testing

Overview of the Three-Tier Architecture Model

• Presentation Tier – User interface (UI)
• Logic Tier – Business logic (API)
• Data Tier – database data (DB)

Overview of the Rest Assured Syntax

• Similarities with Gherkin and BDD

Creating a Project

Testing the Logic Tier

Sending Requests to the API

• POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, PATCH and HEAD requests

Validating and Verifying Responses

Testing API Functionality

Working with TestNG

Testing API Reliability

Carrying out Performance Testing

Carrying out Security Testing

Debugging

Automating Your Tests

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.

Get ISTQB certified.

• All in all the Foundation Level Usability Testing.
• Foundation Level Agile Tester.
• Learn Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester.
• Foundation Level Model-Based Tester.
• Furthermore the Advanced Level Security Tester.
• Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer.
• Overall the Foundation Level Automotive Software Tester.
• Not to mention the Foundation Level Performance Testing.