API Automation and Testing using Python with Carlos Kidman

Carlos Kidman goes over how to do Web API testing using Python. He covers the fundamentals of RESTful APIs, how to work with them, and how to test them using multiple tools like Google Colab and Postman. Look further down for the links Carlos used in the class!

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0:00 Intro
0:44 Google Colab Notebook
3:42 Deck of Cards API
4:17 First API call
6:12 Anatomy of a Request
8:03 Anatomy of a Request URL
12:10 Challenge 1
15:56 Challenge 1 Solution
18:29 Create a Function
20:11 Challenge 2
20:57 Challenge 2 Solution
21:34 Advanced Challenge
23:04 Real World API
25:33 API Auth Example
29:38 Automated Test Example
33:03 Status Codes
35:34 Create User
37:44 Authenticate User
38:16 Create Auth User Flow
38:56 pytest fixture
40:24 Faker to create test data
42:36 Automated Test
44:58 Use API to drive UI
52:15 Outtro

Google Colab Notebook

Deck of Cards API

QAP Open-Source Knowledge Base

API Testing with Python repo

Other Python Automation Examples

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