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The document explains nine types of API testing, including smoke testing, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, load testing, stress testing, security testing, UI testing, and fuzz testing. Each type is briefly described, highlighting its purpose and methodology. The guide serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding various API testing approaches.

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The document explains nine types of API testing, including smoke testing, functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, load testing, stress testing, security testing, UI testing, and fuzz testing. Each type is briefly described, highlighting its purpose and methodology. The guide serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding various API testing approaches.

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Learn about 9 different types of API testing with detailed explanations.

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Smoke Testing This is done after API development is complete. Simply


validate if the APIs are working and nothing breaks.

Functional Testing This creates a test plan based on the functional


requirements and compares the results with the expected results.

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Integration Testing This test combines several API calls to perform end-
to-end tests. The intra-service communications and data transmissions
are tested.

Regression Testing This test ensures that bug fixes or new features
shouldn’t break the existing behaviors of APIs.

Load Testing This tests applications’ performance by simulating different


loads. Then we can calculate the capacity of the application.

Stress Testing We deliberately create high loads to the APIs and test if
the APIs are able to function normally.

Security Testing This tests the APIs against all possible external threats.

UI Testing This tests the UI interactions with the APIs to make sure the
data can be displayed properly.

Fuzz Testing This injects invalid or unexpected input data into the API
and tries to crash the API. In this way, it identifies the API vulnerabilities.

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