Final Exam: Software Testing

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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  Describe how google remote procedure call (grpc) apis work
  

  recall the restful api architecture
  

  outline best practices of api design
  

  view responses and status codes
  

  create and update git repositories
  

  make post requests using curl
  

  view curl config options
  

  use query parameters and path variables
  

  configure headers and parse curl requests
  

  add resources with post requests
  

  send put, patch, and delete requests
  

  use test scripts with put and delete requests
  

  explore basic and digest authentication
  

  explore header presets
  

  perform tests with collections
  

  write test scripts for schema validation
  

  work with the postman cli
  

  set up end-to-end tests with data files
  

  perform end-to-end tests with loops
  

  create mocks of post requests
  

  recall how postman and k6 can be used for performance testing
  

  set up an api server and send it a request
  

  create a collection of tests for api endpoints
  

  view and interpret the postman performance report
  

  run tests using the ramp-up load profile in postman
  

  create a postgresql server on the gcp
  

  run performance tests against an inefficient api server
  

  use caching to store data in the frontend
  

  identify slow running requests
  

  perform load testing using k6
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  perform smoke testing using k6
  

  run load tests and stress tests with k6
  

  run spike tests and breakpoint tests with k6
  

  view causes of security vulnerabilities
  

  explore basics of api security
  

  set up a local server with basic authentication
  

  perform security tests for basic authentication
  

  catch authentication failures with security tests
  

  view how sql injection attacks are executed
  

  view the requests in the postman security collection
  

  provide an overview of the contract testing process
  

  define an api with the openapi specification
  

  define security schemes for apis
  

  define response headers in open api
  

  define schemas in the components section
  

  specify array response bodies and parameters in apis
  

  run a contract test and view the results
  

  use the postman contract test generator
  

  outline how ci/cd works with github actions
  

  set up an application programming interface (api) server on the google cloud platform (gcp)
  

  run collections from the cli with newman
  

  view html reports with newman
  

  commit postman test scripts to git
  

  create a continuous integration and continuous delivery (ci/cd) pipeline
  

  trigger the run of a ci/cd pipeline
  

  configure a ci/cd workflow to send an email
  

  send mutation requests
  

  pass in arguments and variables
  

  run queries using postman
  

  send mutations using postman