Introduction to REST API Testing

Explore how to test REST API endpoints in Go using the apitest library. This lesson helps you create test cases for GET and POST methods to ensure your backend application handles requests correctly and responds with expected status codes.

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Introduction
Testing example with apitest

Introduction

Testing is an essential activity when creating an application. Testing ensures the implementation of the application is correct and that the application can be used effectively without any bugs or defects.

Testing example with apitest

To understand how to test the REST API application, we create a test for the simple API application that we have built.

To test the REST API application, we install a library called apitest. This library creates suitable test cases for the REST API application.

To create a test, we add a file called ...

1.Course Introduction

2.Introduction to Web Application

3.REST API Development

4.GraphQL Development

5.Application Deployment

Assessment

6.Appendix

Introduction to REST API Testing

Introduction

Testing example with apitest