Duration 3 days – 21 hrs
Overview
This comprehensive 3-day training course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use Postman for API testing. The course covers everything from the basics of API testing to advanced techniques, including automation, CI/CD integration, and collaboration. Participants will gain hands-on experience through practical exercises and real-world scenarios.
Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of API testing and the importance of testing APIs.
- Learn how to use Postman for creating, testing, and documenting APIs.
- Develop skills in writing and automating tests in Postman.
- Integrate Postman with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
- Master advanced Postman features such as scripting, API mocking, and monitoring.
Audience
- Quality Assurance (QA) Engineers: Professionals responsible for ensuring the quality of software applications who need to understand and implement API testing.
- Software Testers: Testers who focus on validating and verifying software functionality and performance through testing APIs.
- Developers: Software developers who want to learn how to test their APIs effectively and ensure robust integrations.
- DevOps Engineers: Professionals involved in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes who need to integrate API testing into their pipelines.
- API Developers: Developers who create APIs and need to ensure they are correctly implemented and functioning as expected.
- Technical Leads and Managers: IT leaders who oversee development and testing teams and want to understand the tools and techniques for effective API testing.
- System Integrators: Professionals responsible for integrating different software systems and ensuring seamless communication between them via APIs.
- Automation Engineers: Engineers who focus on automating testing processes and want to include API testing in their automation strategies.
- IT Professionals Seeking to Upskill: Individuals looking to enhance their skill set in API testing and Postman usage for career growth.
Pre-requisites
- Basic Understanding of APIs: Familiarity with the concepts and functionality of APIs.
- Fundamental Knowledge of HTTP: Understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, and headers.
- Basic Software Testing Concepts: Awareness of general software testing principles and practices.
- Basic Scripting Knowledge: Some experience with scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript) is beneficial but not required.
Course Content
Introduction
Postman and API Testing
- API testing vs Unit testing vs UI testing
Overview of Protocols Supported by Postman
- Soap, Rest, HTTP, GraphQL
- Path parameters vs query parameters
Fundamentals of API Testing
- Get requests
- Post requests
- Parameterize requests
- Collections
Preparing the Development Environment
- Installing and configuring Postman
- Registering in Postman
Creating API Requests
- Using a test API
- Passing additional data with a request
- Creating dynamic requests with variables
- Importing requests from a browser
- Debugging requests
- Saving and sharing requests
- Inspecting responses
Testing and Scripting
- Scripting a test
- Testing an API
- Refactoring tests
API Workflows With GitHub
- Setting up two-factor authentication on Postman and in GitHub
- Creating a simple workflow with GitHub API
Automating Test Running
- Sampling collection runner
- Using Postman monitors
- Installing NewMan
- Running a collection on Newman and generating a report
- Summary and Conclusion
