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Learn API testing in Postman starting from basic API terminology to creating automated data-driven tests in 50 minutes.

What you will learn

Basic API knowledge and terminology required to start working with them.

Test APIs in Postman tool by understanding API specs.

Automate API Testing by writing Postman assertions.

Automate API workflows with the help of Postman variables.

Run Data-Driven Automated tests in Postman.

Description

This is a crash course on Postman that can help you get started with API testing in less than an hour. This course begins by covering basic API terminology and then Postman Anatomy and how to test APIs manually, followed by enough content on automating API testing in Postman. You get to learn how you can write custom assertions in Postman to verify almost anything with respect to an API request. This course also touches on the concept of Data-Driven testing with a live API demonstration, which is possible by integrating external data files with the automated tests in Postman. Additionally, you get to know about many postman capabilities which help you create an automation framework at a faster pace.

If you’re a software tester who has worked on web applications forever but has got a requirement to work on an API project, all of a sudden then this course is for you.


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If you’re a software developer who has recently learned about developing web services and want to learn how you can create a test automation framework for dev testing then this course is for you.

Even if you are a student and want to learn about APIs which is a must-have to work in Software industry then this course is for you.

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Content

Course Overview

Course Overview

Introduction to APIs

What is an API?
What to test in an API?

Introduction to Postman

Postman as a Tool
Download and Install Postman

Basic API Terminology

API key terms

Testing in Postman

Postman Anatomy
First Request
A brief on JSON & XML
How to send Query Parameters in a Postman request
How to pass Authentication information
How to send a JSON Request body

Test Automation in Postman

Automation of API Testing
Automate verification of JSON Response body
Access Request body in Automated tests
Postman Variables
Random Variables in Postman
Pre-request Execution
Saving Requests

Data-Driven testing in Postman

A Live API hands on
One request One scenario
Making use of Collection Runner
Integration with an external data file
Run Data-Driven tests

Next Steps

Next Steps