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LoadView Takes API Testing to the Next Level with Webapps Simulating Users
In this part of the API testing series, we take a look at LoadView, a combination monitoring and load testing tool. If your company has a DevOps role, that may be the main user. Otherwise, this tool will most likely be used by a combination of people in testing and development roles.
03-12-2018
New Tool From SmartBear Reverse Engineers API Calls Into OpenAPI Definitions
SmartBear has released a tool that it says is helpful for the testing that API providers might do during the API lifecycle. For example, it can reverse engineer an API definition by inspecting existing API calls. However, the experience is marred by several references to the Swagger specification.
01-23-2018
Know Your Tool Options for API Testing and Monitoring
Many software testers get by with a small toolset but testing an API requires expanding on that. New tools emerge and others go out of fashion every day, but at least we can make a list of what is relevant right now. Here are some suggestions to help your process of choosing an API testing tool.
12-12-2017
API Fortress: The API Testing and Monitoring Tool for Coders and Non-Coders Alike
In this part of the API Testing Series, we review a tool called API Fortress that is billed as both a test tool and an API health tool, implying a focus on reliability and monitoring in production. Here's a closer look at API Fortress, its feature set, who might use it, and the current price models.
11-29-2017
Need to Monitor Your APIs? Take a Look at API Metrics
This part of the API Testing Series looks at API Metrics, an API monitoring tool. API Metrics has two main functions: API monitoring, for taking the pulse of your API product and user experience; and SLA measurement to monitor the performance of third-party APIs that integrate with your product.
11-27-2017
Using API Science to Monitor The Pulse of Your Own APIs and the Ones You Call
This part of the API Testing Series looks at API Science, an API monitoring and reporting tool that's set up in an environment to collect information and alert users when something happens. Rather than being a tool for users to interact with an API directly, API Science allows them to observe.
11-24-2017
How to Run UI-Driven API Tests with Postman
Today in our API Testing Series we'll take a look at Postman. While Postman is now an API development suite for individual developers and teams, it got its start as a basic HTTP client for testing APIs. In this article we'll use Postman to create an API test suite running against the Trello API.
10-19-2017
How to Run Functional API Tests with SmartBear Ready API
This installment of the API Testing series will focus on using SmartBear's Ready API testing solution to test an API. With it you can do load testing, security testing, and service virtualization. If you follow these steps, you'll create an actual API test suite running against the Trello API.
10-18-2017
How to Test APIs From the Command Line With HTTPie and cURL
Our API Testing Series continues with a look at two command line tools – HTTPie and curl. Both of these tools are ideal for exploration. Along the way, you will create a couple of API tests running against the Trello API, which is a real API with formal authentication tokens,
08-29-2017
How to Test APIs in Ruby with Airborne
While there are numerous API testing solutions, the Ruby Airborne API tester Gem will be of interest to those with a strong inclination towards the Ruby platform. If you follow along all the steps you'll create an API test running against the Trello API, a real API with formal authentication tokens.
08-25-2017
Telco APIs Offer Huge Revenue if Carriers Can Handle the Disruption
A comprehensive report from Mind Commerce maps telecommunications industry APIs and identifies the business opportunities and challenges ahead.
09-21-2015
Review: REST United Automatically Generates SDKs for REST APIs
This is an in-depth product review of REST United SDK Generator, a fairly new online application for automatically generating SDKs for REST APIs.
06-23-2015
7 Package Tracking APIs That Rock
The ProgrammableWeb directory has over 70 package tracking APIs to help educate developers on available shipment tracking options. The APIs contain various features such as package arrival verification, scanning services, price comparison, and more. Click here to learn about 7 of those APIs.
08-26-2014
Review: How CodePen Team PRO Features Stack Up
CodePen is a popular code playground where users can collaborate on coding projects and showcase their work. This is an in-depth review of the CodePen Team PRO account.
08-18-2014
Review: KimonoLabs Lets Users Quickly Turn Website Content into APIs
KimonoLabs lets even non-techies get info from different sources, and create and put multiple services in communication.
08-11-2014
Review: HP IDOL OnDemand APIs Help Organizations Make Sense of Data
HP IDOL OnDemand is a suite of APIs focused on solving overcoming some of the tough challenges of the data boom. Indeed, data is being generated at levels never before seen, and the flow shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down. This data comes from many different sources, and, to make use of it, organizations must be able to effectively tap into--and make effective use of--unstructured text and images. This will enable them to drive a variety of key applications, ranging from business intelligence to analytics to behavior analysis. This is no easy task: The data in question may not be in the format that you want (or need) it in, and it involves text/image processing algorithms combined with natural language processing.
07-15-2014
Review: Track:js Eases Front-end Error Detection
Track:js tracks client-side JavaScript errors in production as well as in development. Hands-on testing shows that Track.js is an intuitive tool for front-end developers.
07-08-2014
Review: FileMaker 13 Enables Powerful Custom Database Solutions with No Programming Required
The latest version FileMaker adds a mechanism for easily extending the venerable database platform for use with browsers and mobile—without the need for Web programming or app development. Based on our tests, Version 13 of FileMaker is a powerful yet simple tool for designing and publishing custom databases that will suit businesses’ specific data management requirements.
05-28-2014
Orchestrate Eases Complex Database Tasks
So, you are an indie developer, or a small to midsize business, without the resources to curate your own complex backend? Enter Orchestrate (formerly known as Orchestrate.io), a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider that manages a complex infrastructure of scalable storage and querying engines (NoSQL), each optimized to a particular task or query.
05-28-2014