API testing
To ensure APIs meet your performance needs, you need proper API testing tools and processes. Our experts evaluate the latest options for API testing, monitoring, remediation and more.
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API testing
API testing is a type of software testing that analyzes an application program interface (API) to verify it fulfills its expected functionality, security, performance and reliability. Continue Reading
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4 must-have API management components
APIs don't manage themselves. Get to know these key API management components to ensure your applications perform as intended. Continue Reading
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5 stages of an API lifecycle explained
APIs are not just a component you can set and forget. Developers need to plan, create, deploy and monitor APIs to keep them aligned with business needs, as well as know when it's time to retire them. Continue Reading
Evaluate API testing Vendors & Products
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
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Apigee vs. Mulesoft: An API management platform face-off
Mulesoft and Apigee are two of the most widely used API management platforms around. This article places them side by side to compare their pros and cons. Continue Reading
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What's the difference between API and web services testing?
Web services and APIs aren't the same -- or are they? How do web services and API testing differ, and what does each type of test aim to achieve? Continue Reading
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Useful APIs are the ones you can track
APIs are effective, in part, because developers can collaborate on them and make them better. Still, useful APIs are ones that are carefully tracked and secured. Continue Reading
Manage API testing
Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.
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Popular microservices testing tools developers should know about
Testing microservices gets messy as services are independent and communicate often. Here are tests necessary for microservices, and popular tools developers use to perform them. Continue Reading
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How to overcome IoT performance testing challenges
IoT that interacts with things -- rather than human users -- introduces new challenges in effective testing, but IT pros can use design best practices to ensure applications will scale. Continue Reading
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Use an API mapping tool to demystify complex API integrations
Whether a simple diagram or more complex model, an API mapping tool can bring order to loosely coupled application components, speed up debugging and simplify application updates. Continue Reading
Problem Solve API testing Issues
We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.
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Ways to ease API testing constraints
At DevWeek 2015, Spencer Debrosse discusses ways to maneuver around API testing issues with automation and DevOps team strategies. Continue Reading