4 Major Advantages

of API Testing

ARE YOU TESTING FOR CORE FUNCTIONALITY UNDER A TIGHT

DEADLINE?

API TESTING OFFERS 4 MAJOR ADVANTAGES OVER

GUI TESTING

ADVANTAGE #1: TIME EFFECTIVE

ADVANTAGE #1: TIME EFFECTIVE

Shave

DAYS off of your

TEST CYCLE.

In GUI, completion took 50 hours…

Our engineers executed 30,000 automated tests in a case study:

(using parallel execution)

In GUI, completion took 50 hours…

Our engineers executed 30,000 automated tests in a case study:

…versus just 8.5 hours in API. (using parallel execution)

ADVANTAGE #2:

LANGUAGE-INDEPENDENT

ADVANTAGE #2:

LANGUAGE-INDEPENDENT Data is exchanged via XML or JSON, so any core language can be used for

AUTOMATION.

ADVANTAGE #3: EASY GUI INTEGRATION

ADVANTAGE #3: EASY GUI INTEGRATION

Pursuing GUI after API? With API testing, you can create new users within the application prior to GUI testing.

ADVANTAGE #4: TEST CORE FUNCTIONALITY

ADVANTAGE #4: TEST CORE FUNCTIONALITY

CORE ACCESS ALLOWS YOU TO…

EXPOSE SMALL ERRORS 1

ADVANTAGE #4: TEST CORE FUNCTIONALITY

CORE ACCESS ALLOWS YOU TO…

EXPOSE SMALL ERRORS

EVALUATE BUILD STRENGTH

1

2

ADVANTAGE #4: TEST CORE FUNCTIONALITY

CORE ACCESS ALLOWS YOU TO…

EXPOSE SMALL ERRORS

EVALUATE BUILD STRENGTH

TEST IN TANDEM WITH DEVELOPMENT

1

2

3

REALIZING THE BENEFITS

IMPROVED TEST COVERAGE

of API Testing

REALIZING THE BENEFITS

IMPROVED TEST COVERAGE

CONSERVED RESOURCES

of API Testing

REALIZING THE BENEFITS

IMPROVED TEST COVERAGE

CONSERVED RESOURCES

FASTER RELEASE

of API Testing

REALIZING THE BENEFITS

IMPROVED TEST COVERAGE

CONSERVED RESOURCES

FASTER RELEASE

ADVANTAGEOUS IN-HOUSE OR WITH OFFSHORE QA

of API Testing

FOR MORE ON THESE FOUR

API TESTING ADVANTAGES

READ THE FULL BLOG POST AT QALOUNGE: API TEST TOOLKIT: ADVANTAGES OF API TESTING

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