Codemify: API & Client Service Architecture

Question 1

What is API (Application Programming Interface)?

Answer 1

API refers to Application Programming Interface, which is a software intermediary that allows two applications to communicate with each other.

For Ex: Every time you use an application like Facebook, send an instant message or check the weather on your phone, you’re using an API.

Question 2

What is API Testing Tools?

Answer 2

1. The one we can use with the UI (we have an app on the laptop or in a browser; we’re sending API request -> getting API response)
2. Curl - the one we can use in the terminal.
3. Dev Tools of Google Chrome Browser

Question 3

What is API Testing Tools?

Answer 3

1. The one we can use with the UI (we have an app on the laptop or in a browser; we’re sending API request -> getting API response)
2. Curl (CLI - Command Line Interface)- the one we can use in the terminal.
3. Dev Tools of Google Chrome Browser

Question 4

How do you use Google Dev Tools for API testing?

Answer 4

I’ve used it to check what data was coming out from the browser and what data was coming back in