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A simple way to view and segregate the complex JSON Hello Peeps, Welcome back to another blog 😉. I hope everything is going well for you. Many people prefer the JSON format for APIs, databases, and other applications for a variety of reasons. Some JSON requests or responses are simple and only contain a few objects. On numerous occasions, you may be required to handle a complex response. I wrote a blog about parsing complex responses before using https://jsonpathfinder.com/ In most cases, however, you will need to further investigate your JSON payload or responses for various reasons and analytical purposes. Are you a visual learner or a fan of mind maps? Then you will undoubtedly fall in love with this tool ❤️ JSON Crack I recently came across this tool and found it’s worth sharing with the community 👓 Once you land on the home page, click “GO TO EDITOR” Now you will see a sample JSON beatified and visualized. To visualize it, clear the left side pane and paste your JSON. For instan
Even after many years of experience in Quality Assurance, I was a bit intrigued when I heard the term “API Testing” for the first time.
Around two years back when I started with API Testing, it was entirely new to me. I was literally scared and not sure how to proceed. All that we were provided with some API documentation and we need to start testing it, and parallelly we need to create Test Data using API. Uffff… It was really hard. But with the help of Tutorials and the sources available on the internet I was scaling up a bit and tried to get something about API and API Testing. Luckily in my organization they opted Postman as our API Testing tool. With the help of the available materials, I really spent hours after office to gain knowledge about the tool and how things should be done in it.
Even during the tough times, Postman helped me to learn better about API, Requests, What are Tests? And I should admit that the learning portal (https://learning.postman.com/) in Postman really explains the logic and everything in a neat and elegant manner.
Days went on, and now I am able to build the requests with the documentation details, and I can basically Test it. Also I can create my Test data through API, which saves time instead of doing it manually via front end. So here the “Mockaroo” tool is a God-sent angel. That was one amazing tool for mocking up your test data to be more realistic :-)
ow I can confidently handle any API, of course some are tricky. All I feel now is, finally my efforts paid me off .
So to the beginners in API Testing, I would suggest the following:
Try to learn the basics of API.
Get to know why we are testing the API, The advantages, tools available for it.
Personally, Postman is my choice. But you can select yours based on your requirements. Because every tool has its own pros and cons.
Most importantly, If you are completely from a QA/Testing background, kindly learn the basics of JavaScript. That is really a cool language and you can learn it fast.
Why JS? Because the knowledge is JS will definitely help you to write/test your API in a more cool way.
So I should say Postman motivated me to learn JavaScript, and I will suggest “JavaScript Essential Training” from LinkedIn Learning. I got enlightened after completing the course. To the people out there thinking what’s API, and API Testing… All these are just jargons, don’t get carried away due to this. In the world of API’s, this is going to be a trend and just go with the flow!!
Happie API days ahead!! Everyone is a “Super Beginner”, when you really want to learn something new to grow professionally.
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