As the name suggests, API testing is a process that helps in ensuring the quality of the software product. API testing includes various QA actions, including API calls, outputs, and response validation, using multiple parameters. Here, we are more inclined towards finding data accuracy, HTTP status codes, data format, and error codes.
The approach that we utilize to test an API depends on the type of product you have created. Whether you have a web services API, OS API, DB API, or API to access resources remotely, API testing is still necessary.
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