REST API Testing Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in REST API Testing

A

  • Acceptance testing in REST API Testing
  • API blueprint in REST API Testing
  • API Deprecation in REST API Testing
  • API design in REST API Testing
  • API documentation in REST API Testing
  • API endpoint in REST API Testing
  • API gateway in REST API Testing
  • API in REST API Testing
  • API Keys in REST API Testing
  • API method in REST API Testing
  • API Orchestration in REST API Testing
  • API request in REST API Testing
  • API response in REST API Testing
  • API schema in REST API Testing
  • API Security in REST API Testing
  • API specification in REST API Testing
  • API testing framework in REST API Testing
  • API testing in REST API Testing
  • API Version in REST API Testing
  • API versioning in REST API Testing
  • API Virtualization in REST API Testing
  • API-First in REST API Testing
  • Assertion in REST API Testing
  • Authentication in REST API Testing
  • Authorization in REST API Testing
  • Automated testing in REST API Testing

B

  • BaseURI in REST API Testing
  • Batch processing in REST API Testing
  • Behavior-driven development (BDD) in REST API Testing
  • Black box testing in REST API Testing
  • Boundary testing in REST API Testing
  • Boundary value testing in REST API Testing
  • Bug in REST API Testing

C

  • Cache in REST API Testing
  • Chaining API requests in REST API Testing
  • Client in REST API Testing
  • Code coverage in REST API Testing
  • Composite APIs in REST API Testing
  • Content API in REST API Testing
  • Content negotiation in REST API Testing
  • Continuous integration (CI) in REST API Testing
  • Contract in REST API Testing
  • Contract testing in REST API Testing
  • CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) in REST API Testing
  • CORS in REST API Testing
  • Cross-site scripting (XSS) in REST API Testing
  • CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) in REST API Testing
  • cURL (Client URL) in REST API Testing
  • Curl in REST API Testing

D

  • Data-driven testing in REST API Testing
  • Database testing in REST API Testing
  • Dependency injection in REST API Testing
  • Design-driven testing in REST API Testing
  • DevOps in REST API Testing
  • Discovery testing in REST API Testing

E

  • Endpoint in REST API Testing
  • Endpoint testing in REST API Testing
  • Error handling in REST API Testing

F

  • Fault injection in REST API Testing
  • Fault tolerance in REST API Testing
  • Functional testing in REST API Testing
  • Fuzz testing in REST API Testing

G

  • GraphQL in REST API Testing
  • gRPC (Google Remote Procedure Call) in REST API Testing

H

  • HTTP Headers in REST API Testing
  • HTTP methods in REST API Testing
  • HTTP response codes in REST API Testing

I

  • IDE (Integrated Development Environment) in REST API Testing
  • Integration endpoints in REST API Testing
  • Integration testing in REST API Testing

J

  • JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) in REST API Testing

K

  • Karate DSL in REST API Testing
  • Keyset Pagination in REST API Testing

L

  • Load balancing in REST API Testing
  • Load testing in REST API Testing
  • Logging in REST API Testing

M

  • Message queue in REST API Testing
  • Microservices in REST API Testing
  • Mock server in REST API Testing
  • Mock Servers in REST API Testing
  • Mock testing in REST API Testing
  • MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) in REST API Testing
  • Mutation testing in REST API Testing

N

  • Negative testing in REST API Testing
  • Non-functional testing in REST API Testing

O

  • OAuth in REST API Testing
  • Offset Pagination in REST API Testing
  • OpenAPI (formerly known as Swagger) in REST API Testing
  • OpenAPI in REST API Testing
  • OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) in REST API Testing

P

  • Pagination of APIs in REST API Testing
  • Pairwise testing in REST API Testing
  • Parameterized testing in REST API Testing
  • Parameters in REST API Testing
  • Payload in REST API Testing
  • Performance profiling in REST API Testing
  • Performance testing in REST API Testing
  • Postman in REST API Testing
  • Private APIs in REST API Testing
  • Property-based testing in REST API Testing
  • Protocol buffer (protobuf) in REST API Testing
  • Public APIs in REST API Testing

Q

  • Query parameter in REST API Testing

R

  • RAML (RESTful API Modeling Language) in REST API Testing
  • Randomized testing in REST API Testing
  • RapidQL in REST API Testing
  • Record and playback in REST API Testing
  • Redundancy in REST API Testing
  • Regression analysis in REST API Testing
  • Regression testing in REST API Testing
  • Request header in REST API Testing
  • Resource in REST API Testing
  • REST (REpresentational State Transfer) in REST API Testing
  • Rest Assured in REST API Testing
  • REST-assured in REST API Testing
  • RESTful web services in REST API Testing
  • Restlet in REST API Testing

S

  • Schema in REST API Testing
  • Security audit in REST API Testing
  • Security testing in REST API Testing
  • Seek Pagination in REST API Testing
  • Service virtualization in REST API Testing
  • Smoke testing in REST API Testing
  • SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) in REST API Testing
  • SOAP in REST API Testing
  • SOAPUI in REST API Testing
  • Software testing in REST API Testing
  • SQL injection in REST API Testing
  • SSL Certificates in REST API Testing
  • Stateful testing in REST API Testing
  • Statelessness in REST API Testing
  • Status Codes in REST API Testing
  • Stress testing in REST API Testing
  • Swagger in REST API Testing
  • System testing in REST API Testing

T

  • Test automation in REST API Testing
  • Test case in REST API Testing
  • Test data management in REST API Testing
  • Test suite in REST API Testing
  • Test-driven development (TDD) in REST API Testing

U

  • Unit testing in REST API Testing
  • User acceptance testing (UAT) in REST API Testing

V

  • Validation in REST API Testing
  • Version control in REST API Testing
  • Vulnerability scanning in REST API Testing

W

  • Web Scraping in REST API Testing
  • Webhook APIs in REST API Testing
  • WebSockets in REST API Testing
  • White box testing in REST API Testing

X

  • XML (Extensible Markup Language) in REST API Testing
  • XML Schema in REST API Testing

Y

  • YAML (YAML Ain’t Markup Language) in REST API Testing
  • YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) in REST API Testing

Z

  • Zero downtime deployment in REST API Testing
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