Today, development organizations are relying increasingly more on APIs to extend the value proposition of their product in order to monetize digital assets. In this session, you will discover not only how and why APIs serve as the arteries of online business, but how to best manage and test these essential assets that serve as the foundation upon which businesses are built. DJ Frank will cover: Learning the significance of APIs and how they have transformed online business through real-world examples. Assimilating the idea that API testing is for everyone! Not just your software, code writing, engineers. Visualizing the application and impacts of whitebox testing strategies for APIs.

1. | HELLO, REAL WORLD.
Whitebox testing for BlackBox Testers;
Simplifying API Testing
DJ Frank

2. | HELLO, REAL WORLD.
DJ Frank
Senior Product Engineer
QASymphony

3. Agenda
Introduction to APIs
Significance of APIs in Digital Business
API Management
Why even test APIs?
Test Early; Test Often

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Application Programing Interface
• Representational State Transfer
is the software architectural style
designed for distributed
systems, and particularly, the
World Wide Web.
• But what does that even mean?

5. Uniform RESTful Constraints
1. Identification of resources as
‘requests’
2. Manipulation of resources
3. Self-descriptive messages
4. Hypermedia

6. What is an API?
API: The pipes that carry data between any number of
systems. Think of them as veins and arteries carrying blood
from your heart to other organs.
API Provider: Who build, owns, and maintains the APIs
that are being used.
API Consumer: You! Any developer, company, or end
users accessing information via the API

7. A is for “Application”
• Web-based Systems
• Operating Systems
• DB Systems
• Computer Hardware
• Software Libraries

9. What does an API look like?

11. Significance of APIs in
Digital Business

12. “Software is eating the
world.”
“It’s an application
economy.”
Marc Andreessen
“Every business will be in
software business.”Satya Nadella
Marc Benioff

14. • Location Services
• Notifications
• Payment Processing
• Promotional
Advertising

16. 50% 60% 90%
API Digital Value Chain Revenue
Source: TechCrunch, The Rise of APIs 2016

17. • Low Friction Sales
Model
• Scalable, Capital –
Efficient
• Recurring Revenue
• Diversification of
Customer
Concentration
APIs are the Nexus of the Digital World

18. Factors of a good API

21. Pitfalls of Poor API
Management

22. Cost of Failures
SOURCES: The State of API 2016. Smartbear. | The Cost of Poor Quality, QASymphony.
Less Than 10%
API issues resolved within
24 hours
1 in 4
Issues remain unresolved
for one week or more
$7,900 Per Minute
estimated average cost
of downtime
4%
Average drop in stock price
following a newsworthy failure

23. Fundamentals of API Testing:
The Root Issue

24. The Performance Testing Umbrella

25. | HELLO, REAL WORLD.
Test Early;
Test Often;
Test Everything!

26. Thank You !
DJ Frank
djfrank@qasymphony.com
Q&A

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29. Next Webinar
RESTful API Testing Using
Postman, Newman, and Jenkins
October 4th, 2pm ET
Register Now at QASymphony.com/resources

30. Visit support.qasymphony.com
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