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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.

Who is this book for?

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.

What you will learn

Find out what is involved in effective API testing

Use data-driven testing in Postman to create scalable API tests

Understand what a well-designed API looks like

Become well-versed with API terminology, including the different types of APIs

Get to grips with performing functional and non-functional testing of an API

Discover how to use industry standards such as OpenAPI and mocking in Postman

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DubleDOR Jul 02, 2021

This book helps make API testing with Postman clear as day.I found it to breakdown each step so clear especially for a someone new to Postman.It lays down a great foundation for you to get started followed by some technical details bringing your knowledge up to a sensible level.I would strongly recommend this book if you are looking for knowledge on and/or looking to expand on API testing with Postman.

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SharpRead Jul 21, 2023

If you wanna get cookin' with Postman, I recommend this book big time. The author does a real good job explainin' things in a nice friendly way. He keeps it practical with lots of examples ya can code along with. I went from zero to API hero following the hands-on projects. It gets ya building real quick so you can start developing and testin' APIs like a pro. It's the bees knees!

Elizabeth May 16, 2021

This book really made API testing in Postman click for me. The language is so easy to read - As a tester, API's can seem scary and overly technical to learners like myself, so its really great to see someone has managed to demystify them in plain English.Also, I didn't spot a single typo or grammatical error - sounds a small thing but these really add up to a poor impression if they are consistently wrong, especially when you are addressing testers!The version of postman used for the book is the latest major release (version 8) which is handy, as is the Git repo which accompanies the book, so you have code examples to hand which you can easily import into Postman to help you follow along with the exercises in the book.The chapters are organised into 3 main sections: the theory, working with existing API's and developing new API's. As a tester, it is unlikely I will ever need to develop an API from scratch, so I really appreciate this bundling, as its easier for me to get to the meat of what I need to focus on. Saying that, the final chapter does still include mocking and contract testing, both things that I think are indeed valuable to an API tester.Postman as a tool is moving so quickly, and recent releases have seen improvements to collaboration and version-control. Public workspaces are now a thing, so I think the author has taken the right approach in focusing on the theoretical and core aspects of the Postman platform in relation to developing and testing API's, as those things won't change, making the book a useful go-to resource for the years ahead.

Bhavani Jul 02, 2021

I really enjoyed reading this well-structured book about REST Assured API Testing, A complete road map to REST API automation using Java and TestNG. It's a great toolbox for everyone who wants to start his test automation journey with API. Lots of interesting examples suitable for all readers, they can adapt them to practice easily while reading the book which gives the reader, the feeling of "attending a workshop" rather than just "reading a book"Last but not least, well explained schema and images to explain the code of each concept plus the details in each step in the code "solving the why". It's direct to the point on each step that it is not easy for beginners in API, to understand them alone for the first time. Thanks for such an interesting book!

nadia henze Jul 02, 2021

Glad I received this book. So far I can't understand every part of the book since I'm still mastering manual testing but my next school I'm starting we will dive deep into it so I'm very happy I have very detailed book and many great examples, it's life changer. Thank you

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

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