Whitebox Testing for Blackbox Testers: Simplifying API Testing
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The document discusses the significance of APIs in the digital business landscape, emphasizing their role in data exchange between systems. It outlines the components and challenges of API management, including the importance of testing APIs early to avoid costly failures. The presentation also teases upcoming webinars on RESTful API testing for further learning.
Whitebox Testing for Blackbox Testers: Simplifying API Testing
- 1. | HELLO, REAL WORLD. Whitebox testing for BlackBox Testers; Simplifying API Testing DJ Frank
- 2. | HELLO, REAL WORLD. DJ Frank Senior Product Engineer QASymphony
- 3. Agenda Introduction to APIs Significance of APIs in Digital Business API Management Why even test APIs? Test Early; Test Often
- 4. INSERT PHOTO ON TOP Application Programing Interface • Representational State Transfer is the software architectural style designed for distributed systems, and particularly, the World Wide Web. • But what does that even mean?
- 5. Uniform RESTful Constraints 1. Identification of resources as ‘requests’ 2. Manipulation of resources 3. Self-descriptive messages 4. Hypermedia
- 6. What is an API? API: The pipes that carry data between any number of systems. Think of them as veins and arteries carrying blood from your heart to other organs. API Provider: Who build, owns, and maintains the APIs that are being used. API Consumer: You! Any developer, company, or end users accessing information via the API
- 7. A is for “Application” • Web-based Systems • Operating Systems • DB Systems • Computer Hardware • Software Libraries
- 9. What does an API look like?
- 11. Significance of APIs in Digital Business
- 12. “Software is eating the world.” “It’s an application economy.” Marc Andreessen “Every business will be in software business.”Satya Nadella Marc Benioff
- 14. • Location Services • Notifications • Payment Processing • Promotional Advertising
- 16. 50% 60% 90% API Digital Value Chain Revenue Source: TechCrunch, The Rise of APIs 2016
- 17. • Low Friction Sales Model • Scalable, Capital – Efficient • Recurring Revenue • Diversification of Customer Concentration APIs are the Nexus of the Digital World
- 18. Factors of a good API
- 21. Pitfalls of Poor API Management
- 22. Cost of Failures SOURCES: The State of API 2016. Smartbear. | The Cost of Poor Quality, QASymphony. Less Than 10% API issues resolved within 24 hours 1 in 4 Issues remain unresolved for one week or more $7,900 Per Minute estimated average cost of downtime 4% Average drop in stock price following a newsworthy failure
- 23. Fundamentals of API Testing: The Root Issue
- 24. The Performance Testing Umbrella
- 25. | HELLO, REAL WORLD. Test Early; Test Often; Test Everything!
- 26. Thank You ! DJ Frank [email protected] Q&A
- 27. | HELLO, REAL WORLD. Quality Jam LondonOctober 11, 2017 – The Brewery, London Email [email protected] to be entered to win a free ticket
- 28. | HELLO, REAL WORLD. Quality Jam LondonOctober 11, 2017 – The Brewery, London Email [email protected] to be entered to win a free ticket
- 29. Next Webinar RESTful API Testing Using Postman, Newman, and Jenkins October 4th, 2pm ET Register Now at QASymphony.com/resources
- 30. Visit support.qasymphony.com See How Leading Organizations Use qTest APIs for Traceability, Test Automation, and Visibility
Editor's Notes
- #2: BlackBox Testing – checking inuts and outputs WhiteBot Testing – internal operations testing – logic layer
- #5: SOAP v REST – Postcard v. Envelope; Today we will only be focusing on REST ~75% of all public facing APIs
- #6: Requests – simply way that is understood independent of original language or interpretation Manipulation – Create, modify, delete data Self-desctriptive – the Api request is complete as an entity and in itself can describe how it ca be processed Hypermedia – no other actions will be assumed besides those described REST Properties: Performance Scalability Simplicity Modifiability Reliability Additional non uniform contraints: Client-server separation Stateless Cacheable Layered Systems Code on demand
- #11: Interface to the business Monetize digital assets Extend value proposition with partners Connect with more customers
- #14: Realizing business value Google did not even consider google maps to be a core asset until it opened up its APIs and allowed third parties to show store locations IBM has set aside 1B to commercialize Watson’s potential through APIs
- #15: Focusing on core competencies – save thousands of hours and $ Google maps for GPS Twilio for SMS notifications Braintree for Payment Processing Send Grid for email platform Core focus: Finding new drivers Finding new users Pricing Expanding to new cities
- #16: TCM is our core competency APIs for Automation Stack, Performance testing, load testing, API testing etc Defect Management Requirement Management
- #17: Shift from internal to external exchange of information
- #18: SaaS Big Data Microservices AI Moving beyond single-application silos
- #20: Applying psychology to APIs Create Manage Secure Analyze Scale
- #23: Cost of a developer or QA.