Dave Westerveld walks you through a solution that shows you how to find 500 errors in a sample application.
(swooshing music)…- [Instructor] There are at least two ways…to see a 500 error in this application.…The service is not very rebus,…so it's quite possible that you found different errors…than the one I found.…If so, great work.…The whole point of this exercise is to get you thinking…about how to test APIs.…So, any issues that you find…are helping you along that path.…Since I know how to do it,…I'm going to be following a fairly direct path…to showing the issues.…But of course, you would've needed…to do some poking around to figure out the structure…and layout of the application.…And so the way you that you got to it…is going to be different than what I did.…
So, the first way that we get a 500…is by trying to post to an existing object.…So, let's shift over to postman,…and I will walk you through…the process of how you might go about finding this.…So, I've got up here, the URL.…This is the local host, blog post,…and let's do blog post one,…and we'll just do a GET on this for now,…just so we can see the structure of it.…
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11/9/2018- Reviewing API terminology
- Mitigating risks related to testing APIs
- Mapping out the layout of an API
- API authorization and authentication
- Finding and using bearer tokens
- Testing GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE calls
- Using mocks, stubs, and fakes in API testing
- Testing microservices and the Internet of Things
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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1. Understanding Web Services and APIs
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Introduction to web services2m 37s
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Types of APIs3m 38s
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Exercise: Map your app3m 15s
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2. Getting Started with API Testing
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Your first tool: Postman3m 35s
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Exploring an API5m 18s
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Challenge: Map the API1m 18s
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Solution: Map the API4m 58s
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3. API Authorization
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Using OAuth tokens3m 28s
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4. Hands-on API Testing
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Testing GET calls4m 31s
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Challenge: Find the secret2m 47s
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Testing POST calls5m 34s
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Testing PUT calls5m 20s
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Testing DELETE calls3m 12s
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Challenge: Find the 5003m 54s
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Solution: Find the 5004m 22s
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5. Additional API Testing Considerations
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API automation4m 50s
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Performance testing4m 18s
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Security testing3m 16s
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Conclusion
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Next steps3m 1s
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