API API Test Automation

Question 1

Which Python library is commonly used for writing automated REST API tests?

Accepted Answer

Requests + PyTest

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Selenium

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Playwright

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Beautiful Soup

Question 2

What is the purpose of a test fixture in API automation frameworks?

Accepted Answer

Set up and tear down test preconditions consistently

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Generate API documentation

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Monitor API response times

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Define API endpoints

Question 3

What does 'data-driven testing' mean in the context of API automation?

Accepted Answer

Running the same test logic with multiple sets of input data

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Testing APIs that serve big data

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Generating test data from the API response

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Storing test results in a database

Question 4

Which concept in API test automation ensures tests do not depend on each other or share state?

Accepted Answer

Test isolation

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Parallel execution

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Mocking

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Continuous integration

Question 5

What is a mock server used for in API test automation?

Accepted Answer

Simulating an API dependency without calling the real service

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Running performance tests

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Generating API documentation

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Scanning for vulnerabilities

Question 6

Which CI/CD integration practice automatically runs API test suites on every code commit?

Accepted Answer

Continuous testing in the pipeline

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Blue-green deployment

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Feature flagging

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Canary releasing