Zhimin Zhan

API Testing Recipes in Ruby Zhimin Zhan

API popularity skyrocketed with the rise in smartphone use, and many new software developed for web and mobile platforms provide APIs. Microservices architecture that develops a single application as a suite of small services exposed as HTTP resource API, is becoming a hot topic. Now more than ever, software projects demand efficient API testing. API Testing Recipes in Ruby will show you solutions for efficient API testing, including: - generating flexible request data, e.g. SOAP message, CSV/Excel - invoking various APIs, e.g. SOAP, REST - parse returned response, e.g. XML, JSON - fully automating all test scripts, no manual intervention - executing all test scripts as regression testing in a CI server - leveraging easy to read and powerful Ruby script language All recipe test scripts (80+ in Ruby language) are ready to run. Owning this book is like having a test automation coach sitting next to you.