Webhooks are a popular way for platforms to notify external clients and integrations when changes are occurring in near real time. Webhooks can be very useful but they can also present a challenge for both automated and exploratory testing of the webhooks implementation. Typically the integrator registers to recieve webhooks by providing an endpoint that … [Read more…]
I originally wrote this post for the TestHuddle How To… SoapUI Series. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, have a look at the posts by some of the other authors.. Despite the name, SoapUI can be used for testing Restful as well as SOAP based apis. There are … [Read more…]
I originally wrote this post for the TestHuddle How To… SoapUI Series. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, have a look at the posts by some of the other authors.. Why Dynamic Properties Static test content can cause problems. An easy example of this are dates and times. … [Read more…]
In software we so often focus on the new, new products, new features, new technology. The thing is we don’t all get to work on the shiny new stuff, many of us spend a good amount of our time maintaining existing, often referred to as legacy products. It might not always be pretty but it … [Read more…]
Last week we took a look at Getting Started with SoapUI using a SOAP based web service. Despite the what the name SoapUI supports restful API testing as well as SOAP based testing. We’ll use a pet store api provided by the Swagger team. Let’s fire up SoapUI and jump right in… Start by going … [Read more…]
Every few weeks or so I see a new question on the LinkedIn’s Test Automation group about getting started writing API tests and there’s almost always a flurry of responses recommending SoapUI. There are definitely alternatives, but if you are just getting into automation or API testing in general SoapUI offers a visual interface that … [Read more…]