https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/The-Watercooler/API-testing-tips/m-p/79957#M294 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P class="">So my team went over our latest project today, and we're building the APIs for a mobile app (mobile app itself will be outsourced). I've never tested this sort of thing before, so any tips to help with the testing would be much appreciated!</P><P class="">Some notes:</P><UL class=""><LI><P class="">I'm the QA Analyst (I do the plans, cases, test strategy, etc) and do the manual testing. Is there even really any manual testing to do with just APIs?</P></LI><LI><P class="">I've pinpointed soapui and postman as potential test tools. Any others that are useful? Pros/cons?</P></LI><LI><P class="">Our automation engineer is planning to bypass Selenium interface and just work with C# directly with the APIs. Any pitfalls, things to consider, ideas, tips?</P></LI><LI><P class="">Any common stumbling blocks, errors, edge cases that come up with API testing?</P></LI></UL><P class="">Thanks in advance!</P></DIV></DIV> Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:43:37 GMT abhimanyu 2021-11-19T12:43:37Z https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/The-Watercooler/API-testing-tips/m-p/79957#M294 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P class="">So my team went over our latest project today, and we're building the APIs for a mobile app (mobile app itself will be outsourced). I've never tested this sort of thing before, so any tips to help with the testing would be much appreciated!</P><P class="">Some notes:</P><UL class=""><LI><P class="">I'm the QA Analyst (I do the plans, cases, test strategy, etc) and do the manual testing. Is there even really any manual testing to do with just APIs?</P></LI><LI><P class="">I've pinpointed soapui and postman as potential test tools. Any others that are useful? Pros/cons?</P></LI><LI><P class="">Our automation engineer is planning to bypass Selenium interface and just work with C# directly with the APIs. Any pitfalls, things to consider, ideas, tips?</P></LI><LI><P class="">Any common stumbling blocks, errors, edge cases that come up with API testing?</P></LI></UL><P class="">Thanks in advance!</P></DIV></DIV> Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:43:37 GMT https://community.developer.cybersource.com/t5/The-Watercooler/API-testing-tips/m-p/79957#M294 abhimanyu 2021-11-19T12:43:37Z