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date: 2023-08-12
link: https://cakehurstryan.com/2023/07/26/a-beginners-guide-to-api-testing/
title: A Beginners Guide to API Testing
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cited: Callum Akehurst-Ryan
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Good intro to APIs

> Sometimes a UI will stop us doing something bad by cleaning up an input or a request, but that doesn't mean the API will catch it. We can try to force error states (or naughty strings that form a security risk) by testing from the API directly.