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APIs are everywhere.
Digital businesses are becoming more dependent on APIs for their customer experience and operations.
The delivery of APIs is therefore a critical area to secure.
But there are so many tools to consider for API Testing that we can get lost: Is Postman sufficient? How about integration test framework? etc.
This article shares the steps to select the tools enabling Continuous API Testing.
Disclaimer: ¹This article does not focus on products nor aims to be fully exhaustive nor to compare them; the focus is on the decision-process. ²I contribute to the open-source product Cerberus Testing listed with the other ones. ³If you think an important solution is missing, comment on this post or contact me here.
Identify your Continuous API Testing requirements
Start by defining what you want to focus on your needs, independently of the possible solutions.
Identify which part of Continuous API Testing is more valuable to you:
- Validates API design with use-cases, data dictionary and models;
- Fast verification of API stubs and contracts while coding;
- Early testing of API in…
