Technical requirements
To illustrate the diverse tools that are essential in an API security tester’s arsenal, we will have to install several of them during this chapter. To install Kali Linux, the operating system we will be using throughout this book, visit https://www.kali.org/downloads. To get burp suite, a popular proxy that will make intercepting your API requests and test a breeze, visit https://portswigger.net/burp/communitydownload.
Last, but not least, we’ll be using Postman, a user-friendly tool for both API development and security testing. To install it on your local machine, visit https://www.postman.com/downloads/. For more information on how to install the mentioned tools, consult the Further reading section of this chapter.