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SkillArea overview
Reference · liveskill-area:api-testing
API Testing overview
Testing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs — contract testing, integration tests, fuzz testing, load testing, and API spec validation using tools like Postman, Hurl, Dredd, and k6.
Attributes
displayName
API Testing
description
Testing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs — contract testing, integration tests,
fuzz testing, load testing, and API spec validation using tools like
Postman, Hurl, Dredd, and k6.
domains
expertiseLevels
- intermediate
- expert
Outgoing edges
applies_to1
- domain:software-engineering·DomainSoftware Engineering
prerequisite_for_learning1
- skill-area:e2e-testing·SkillAreaEnd-to-End Testing
Incoming edges
prerequisite_for_learning2
- skill-area:component-testing·SkillAreaComponent Testing
- skill-area:backend-api-design·SkillAreaBackend API Design
requires_skill_area1
- stack-profile:api-mocking-simulation·StackProfileAPI Mocking & Simulation (WireMock, Docker, OpenAPI, TypeScript, Pact)
tool_used_by2
- tool:pact·ToolPact
- tool:wiremock·ToolWireMock
used_for11
- tool:hoppscotch·ToolHoppscotch
- tool:httpie·ToolHTTPie
- tool:bruno·ToolBruno
- tool:rapidapi·ToolRapidAPI
- tool:swagger-editor·ToolSwagger Editor
- tool:k6·Toolk6
- tool:locust·ToolLocust
- tool:artillery·ToolArtillery
- tool:pact·ToolPact
- tool:wiremock·ToolWireMock
- tool:testcontainers·ToolTestcontainers