API Testing Basics — Manual QA Testing Roadmap
Testing the layer that powers an app before its UI even renders
Steps in API Testing Basics
- What Is API Testing? — intermediate · Testing the logic and data layer directly, independent of any user interface
- HTTP Methods & Status Codes for Testers — intermediate · GET/POST/PUT/DELETE and what different status code ranges actually mean
- Manual API Testing with Postman — intermediate · Sending requests, inspecting responses and building a reusable collection of API tests
- Validating API Responses — intermediate · Checking status codes, response bodies, headers and response time against expectations
- API Testing vs UI Testing — intermediate · Where each fits in a healthy testing strategy, and why relying on UI tests alone is risky
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- Manual QA Testing roadmap — the full learning path