API Automation with Python Requests Module And Postman Course Contents

 

 API Testing with Postman & Python requests Module Course Contents

Module 1: Introduction to API Testing

✅ Client-Server Architecture

• Overview of Client-Server Model

• Roles of Client and Server

✅ API Fundamentals

• What is an API?

• Why is API Testing Important?

• Types of APIs

• Difference Between SOAP and REST

✅ Web Services & REST API Concepts

• API vs. Web Services

• REST API Basics

• HTTP Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE

• HTTP vs. HTTPS

• HTTP Status Codes

Module 2: API Testing Using Postman

✅ Getting Started with Postman

• Installing Postman

• Creating Workspaces and Collections

• Building HTTP Requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)

• Saving and Organizing Requests

• Collection Management

✅ Response Validation Techniques

• Status Codes

• Headers, Cookies, and Body

• JSON Schema Validation

✅ Data Handling and Utilities

• Exporting/Importing Collections

• Generating Dummy APIs (NodeJS + JSON Server)

• JSON and JSON Path Basics

• Chai Assertions for Testing

  • Status, Headers, Cookies, Response Body & Time

✅ Advanced Postman Features

• Pre-request and Test Scripts

• Variables: Global, Collection, Environment, Local, Data

• Using Scripts to Set, Get, Unset Variables

• Postman Console and Debugging

✅ Test Automation in Postman

• Chaining Requests (Workflow)

• Data-Driven Testing with JSON & CSV

• Working with External Data Variables

• File Upload & Download APIs

✅ API Authentication Techniques

• Basic, Digest, API Key, Bearer Token, OAuth2

✅ Mini Project: Online Store API Testing

• Understanding API Reference Docs

• Writing API Test Cases

• Designing Collections & Scripts

• Running Collections Manually and Scheduling

✅ CLI & CI/CD Integration

• Newman CLI:

  • Installation, HTML Reporter, Running from CMD

  • Sharing Collections, Jenkins Integration

• Postman CLI:

  • Installation, Running Collections, GitHub Actions Integration

✅ Documentation & Mocking

• Public API Documentation using Markdown

• Embed “Run in Postman” Button

• Swagger and cURL Basics

• Creating Mock Servers & Dynamic Responses

✅ API Performance Testing in Postman

• Running Load Tests

• Load Profiles & Metrics

• Injecting Data into Virtual Users

✅ GraphQL API Testing

• What is GraphQL?

• GraphQL vs. REST

• Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions

• Creating GraphQL Requests in Postman

Module 3: API Testing Using Python - Requests Library

✅ Introduction to Python Requests

• Overview and Setup

• Installing Python & PyCharm

• Project Initialization & Dependencies

• Setting up pytest Framework

✅ Writing API Scripts

• HTTP Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE

• Creating Payloads:

  • Using Dictionary, JSON, POJO, External Files

• Parameters:

  • Path & Query

• Working with Headers & Cookies

✅ API Authentication Techniques

• Basic, Digest, Preemptive Auth

• OAuth 1.0 & 2.0

✅ Handling Files & Parsing Responses

• File Upload/Download (Form Data)

• Parsing JSON & XML

• Schema Validations (JSON/XSD)

✅ Advanced Concepts

• API Chaining

• Serialization & Deserialization

• Request/Response Specification Builders

• Root Path and Logging

✅ Working with GraphQL in Python

• Handling Queries & Mutations via Requests

✅ Building a Python API Testing Framework

• Maven-style Folder Structure

• Routes, Schemas, Models

• POJO Class Creation

• Payload Builders

• Config and Test Data Files

• Writing Test Cases with Validations

• Extent & Allure Reports Integration

• Running Tests with pytest (Serial & Parallel)

✅ CI/CD Integration

• Git & GitHub

• Jenkins for Continuous Testing