QA API Testing Explained For Manual and Automation QA Testing

3 min readJan 16

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API testing in the QA field is a very desired skill set and knowing how to do so only makes you more marketable and valuable in the field. But what does API testing entail?

I think we should first start off with what is an API.

What is an API?

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