API Testing and Development with Postman: A practical guide to creating, testing, and managing APIs for automated software testing

by Dave Westerveld

Explore the world of APIs and learn how to integrate them with production-ready applications using Postman and the Newman CLI Postman enables the exploration and testing of web APIs, helping testers and developers figure out how an API works. With Postman, you can create effective test automation for any APIs. If you want to put your knowledge of APIs to work quickly, this practical guide to using Postman will help you get started. The book provides a hands-on approach to learning the implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running with Postman in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book begins by taking you through the principles of effective API testing. A combination of theory coupled with real-world examples will help you learn how to use Postman to create well-designed, documented, and tested APIs. You'll then be able to try some hands-on projects that will teach you how to add test automation to an already existing API with Postman, and guide you in using Postman to create a well-designed API from scratch. By the end of this book, you'll be able to use Postman to set up and run API tests for any API that you are working with. The book is for software testing professionals and software developers looking to improve product and API quality through API test automation. You will find this book useful if understand APIs and want to build your skills for creating, testing, and documenting APIs. The book assumes beginner-level knowledge of JavaScript and API development.

340 pages, Paperback

Published May 7, 2021

Reviews

[Marek Pawlowski · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book seems to be quite chaotic, we have the explanation of the usage of Postman, with some rather simple tips how we should test API. But on the other hand this looked like taking Postman's documentation, writing it using own words, and from time to time throwing some tips or simple explanation why. I had expected much more from this book.