Why Test REST API?
Testing is an important stage in the development of REST APIs. It helps to verify that the APIs are:
- Working correctly and does not cause any unexpected errors.
- Functioning properly under high amounts of user requests.
- Safe and secure.
Testing REST API with Postman and curl
In the world of API testing, there are many tools available. Postman and cURL are two of the most popular tools for it. Let’s look at how to use these tools for testing them. We will send some HTTP requests and explore the basic syntax for both of them in this article. The article focuses on using a fake REST API named JSON placeholder.