Software Testing - API Testing with Postman E-Learning Training 

Beheers API Testing met Postman met onze uitgebreide training. Leer de basisprincipes en geavanceerde technieken voor het testen van REST- en SOAP-API's. Begrijp best practices in API-ontwerp en word bekwaam in verzoektypes zoals GET, POST, PUT, PATCH en DELETE. Krijg praktische ervaring met Postman, inclusief querymanipulatie, testscriptwriting, prestatietests met k6 en beveiligingsverbetering. Verken API-contracten, automatisering met GitHub Actions en GraphQL. Boek nu om je API-testvaardigheden te verbeteren en complexe API's effectief te verkennen!

Deze LearningKit met meer dan 19 leeruren is verdeeld in drie sporen:

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Cursusinhoud

Track 1: API Testing Fundamentals with Postman

In this track of the journey, the focus will be on API fundamentals and API testing with Postman.
Courses:

Introducing API Fundamentals & Testing: Understanding APIs

Course: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Importance of APIs
• Types of APIs
• REST APIs
• SOAP APIs
• GraphQL APIs
• gRPC APIs
• RESTful API Architecture
• API Design Best Practices
• API Versioning
• Course Summary

Introducing API Fundamentals & Testing: Working with RESTful APIs

Course: 1 Hour, 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Viewing the Basic Structure of API URLs
• Using Chrome DevTools to View Network Requests
• Using the Swagger UI to Make Requests
• Viewing Responses with Different Status Codes and Response Types
• Installing cURL on macOS and Windows
• Installing jq on macOS and Windows
• Making GET Requests Using cURL
• Specifying Headers with cURL Requests
• Making POST Requests Using cURL
• Making PUT, PATCH, and DELETE Requests Using cURL
• Viewing cURL Configuration Options
• Authenticating to Use GitHub APIs
• Creating, Updating, and Deleting Repositories Using APIs
• Course Summary

API Testing: Getting Started with Postman & API Requests

Course: 2 Hours, 3 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Introduction to API Testing
• Application Programming Interface (API) Testing with Postman
• Exploring the Postman Website
• Navigating and Exploring the Postman Web Version
• Installing Postman on macOS and Windows
• Making GET Requests with Postman
• Making GET Requests with Query Parameters and Path Variables
• Configuring Headers and Parsing cURL Requests
• Syncing Data with Your Postman Account
• Making POST Requests with Postman
• Submitting Form Data in a POST Request
• Making PUT, PATCH, and DELETE Requests
• Course Summary

API Testing: The Basics of Testing APIs with Postman

Course: 1 Hour, 35 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Running a Bug Tracking Application Programming Interface (API) Server Locally
• Writing Test Scripts for GET Requests
• Using POST Requests to Create Bugs and Testing Responses
• Making PUT and DELETE Requests and Verifying Responses with Tests
• Executing a Collection Using a Collection Runner
• Creating and Managing Environments
• Working with Basic and Digest Authentication
• Exploring Authentication with the Bookstore API
• Creating and Using Header Presets
• Course Summary

API Testing: Working with Variables in Postman

Course: 1 Hour, 40 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Creating and Accessing Global Variables
• Defining Global Variables Using Pre-request Scripts
• Creating Secret Variables
• Creating and Accessing Collection Variables
• Performing End-to-end Tests with Collection Variables-I
• Performing End-to-end Tests with Collection Variables-II
• Creating and Using Environment Variables
• Configuring Pre-request Scripts for Requests and Collections
• Configuring Test Scripts for Schema Validation
• Working with Request Chaining
• Running Collections Using the Postman Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Course Summary

API Testing: Data Files, End-to-end Testing, & Mocks in Postman

Course: 1 Hour, 59 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Specifying Request Data Using Files
• Running Multiple Iterations of a Collection
• Performing End-to-end Tests Using Data Files-I
• Performing End-to-end Tests Using Data Files-II
• Performing End-to-end Tests with Loops-I
• Performing End-to-end Tests with Loops-II
• Creating a Mock Server and Mocking Requests
• Mocking Error Responses
• Mocking POST Requests
• Monitoring Collections
• Generating Documentation
• Publishing Documentation
• Course Summary

Track 2: Advanced Api Testing Techniques Using Postman

In this track, the focus will be on performance testing, bottlenecks, security testing, and API contracts and automation testing.
Courses:

Testing in Postman: Performance Testing

Course: 1 Hour, 24 Minutes

• Course Overview
• API Performance Testing
• Performance Testing with Postman and k
• Installing Databases for API Server
• Setting up the API Server
• Setting up the Performance Test Request Collection
• Running Performance Tests Using Postman
• Using the Performance Report to View Metric
• Running Performance Tests Using the Ramp-up Load Profile
• Course Summary

Testing in Postman: Identifying Bottlenecks in API Performance

Course: 2 Hours, 2 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Setting up a PostgreSQL Server on the GCP
• Configuring API Code to Run on the GCP
• Running the API Server Using Cloud Run on the GCP
• Running Performance Tests against an Inefficient API Server
• Observing the Effects of Hardware on API Performance
• Improving the Performance of the API
• Identifying Performance Degradation Due to Caching
• Identifying Latency in Individual Requests
• Types of Performance Tests
• Installing k6 on macOS and Windows
• Performing Load Testing with k
• Configuring Smoke Tests with Checks
• Running Load Tests and Stress Tests
• Running Spike Tests and Breakpoint Tests
• Course Summary

Testing in Postman: Security Testing

Course: 2 Hours, 13 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Building Blocks of Secure Applications
• Causes of Security Vulnerabilities
• Application Programming Interface (API) Security
• The OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities - Part I
• The OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities - Part II
• OWASP API Security Top
• Setting up a Locally Running Server with Basic Authentication
• Performing Security Tests for Basic Authentication
• Creating Security Tests for Basic Authentication
• Detecting Authentication Failures with Tests
• Testing APIs for SQL Injection
• Demonstrating SQL Injecting with Raw Queries
• Using the Postman Security Collection Workspace
• Course Summary

API Contract & Automation Testing with Postman: Contract Testing

Course: 1 Hour, 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Introducing Contract Testing
• The OpenAPI Specification
• Setting Up the Application Programming Interface (API) Server
• Defining APIs Using the Open API Specification
• Defining Security Schemas in Open API
• Defining Response Headers in Open API
• Defining Schemas in the Components Section
• Defining Array Response Bodies and Parameters
• Completing the Open API Specification
• Performing Contract Schema Validation
• Using the Postman Contract Test Generator
• Course Summary

API Contract & Automation Testing with Postman: Automation Testing

Course: 1 Hour, 47 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Introduction to API Automation Testing
• CI/CD Using GitHub Actions
• Running a Production Server on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Setting Up a Collection and Installing Newman
• Using Newman to Run Collections from the Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Generating HTML Reports for Collection Runs
• Setting Up Git and GitHub
• Committing Postman Tests to GitHub
• Setting Up the CI/CD Workflow for Postman Tests
• Committing Changes to GitHub and Triggering Workflow
• Configuring Workflow to Send Email
• Course Summary

API Contract & Automation Testing with Postman: Working with GraphQL APIs

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Working with GraphQL Queries
• Specifying Arguments and Query Variables
• Sending GraphQL Mutation Requests
• Executing GraphQL Queries with Postman
• Performing GraphQL Mutations with Postman
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Final Exam: Software Testing