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API Exploratory Testing with Postman

Gil Zilberfeld

09:00-12:30 Tuesday 11th June

Postman is an API invocation tool.

When we’re thinking about APIs testing, we use it for operating and checking that the APIs work correctly. But not today. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Postman to do exploration testing of APIs.

What is exploratory testing anyway? How is it different to ‘regular testing’? And how does that apply to APIs? And is Postman up to the task?

I’ll explain the theory behind exploratory tests, and why APIs are a prime candidate for that because they are so complex. We need to explore how they behave before releasing them into the wild.

And don’t forget some Postman tips for that ‘regular testing’ bit. Postman is a powerful tool, and it makes sense to know it a bit better.

It’s exploration time!

**ATTENDEE REQUIREMENTS**

Laptops are required. If you don’t come in with one, we’ll pair you but it is recommended to have laptops. You will also need to have Postman installed. It’s open source, and can be downloaded freely. You can work through the web, but you must have a Postman account (free). While not required for Postman installations, Gil recommends for attendees new to Postman to create an account in Postman, so your data will be saved other than locally. It is not a requirement for the workshop.

What you will learn

  1. Exploration is what we do beyond knowledge and expectations
  2. Charters help us focus our testing sessions on the topics we choose
  3. We can learn about the behavior of APIs through playing with parameters, headers and content. We can then learn about feature and workflow behaviors, how they expected to work, and how to circumvent them

Session Details

  • Introductory
  • 3.5 Hours
  • Interactive Tutorial
  • Experience, exploration & experimentation
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Check out this video from Gil Zilberfeld to hear more about his talk, ‘API Exploratory Testing with Postman’.

We look forward to welcoming you to EuroSTAR 2024.

Session Speakers

EuroSTAR 2024 speaker Gil Zilberfeld

Gil Zilberfeld

CTO – TestinGil, Israel

Gil Zilberfeld has been in software since childhood, writing BASIC programs on his trusty Sinclair ZX81.

With more than 25 years of developing commercial software, he has vast experience in software methodology and practices. From automated testing to exploratory testing, design practices to team collaboration, scrum to kanban, traditional product management to lean startup – he’s done it all.

Gil speaks frequently in international conferences about testing, TDD, clean code, and agile practices. He is the author of ‘Everyday Unit Testing’ and ‘Everyday Spring Testing’. He also writes blogs and posts videos on these topics, and in his spare time he shoots zombies, for fun.

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