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HTTP Parameters

Explore the role of HTTP parameters in API testing by understanding query, path, and form parameters. This lesson helps you learn how these parameters are used in GET and POST requests to interact with web servers, essential for automating REST API tests in Java.

What are HTTP parameters?

When a client uses the HTTP GET method to request a certain resource from the web server, the client may also send certain parameters through the requested URL in the form of a query parameter, path parameter, or a form parameter.

Query parameter

The query parameter is a name-value pair and is the part of a requested GET URL. Have a look at the example below: ...