API Test Automation with Postman and Rest Assured

In today's software landscape, reliable APIs are the backbone of modern applications, making API testing an essential skill for quality assurance professionals. Understanding how to validate, automate, and secure these integrations is key to delivering high-quality software. This comprehensive text-based course guides you from the fundamental concepts of web architectures to building production-ready automated testing frameworks. You will gain the confidence to design manual tests, write automated test scripts, and integrate your test suites into modern development workflows. What you'll learn: - Understand core API concepts, HTTP protocols, REST architecture, status codes, and JSON data structures. - Master manual API testing using Postman to send requests, manage environments, and write assertions. - Build robust, structured API automation frameworks from scratch using Rest Assured and Java. - Apply serialization and deserialization techniques using POJOs for efficient payload management. - Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for continuous feedback. - Explore modern AI-assisted prompting techniques to accelerate test case generation and design. You will start with foundational web and network concepts before diving into manual testing practices with Postman. From there, the material transitions into Java-based automation with Rest Assured, teaching you how to structure code, handle complex authentication, and run automated pipelines. This course is designed for manual testers, quality assurance engineers, and software developers who want to establish a strong foundation in API automation. No prior programming experience is required, as we walk through the basics step-by-step. Start reading today to transform your technical skills and build reliable automation frameworks.