how to test an api code example

Example 1: have you done api testing

I have worked on API testing in my project and I used
POSTMAN for manually testing and REST ASSURED
java LIBRARY for automation.
I used JDBC and it is a Java-based data access technology
used for Java database connectivity. It provides classes and
interfaces to connect or communicate Java application with
database.
JDBC API is a Java API that can access any kind of data
stored in a Relational Database. It enables Java programs to
execute SQL statements.

Example 2: how to test rest api

First, I verify if each REST API end-point is working as
expected.
- I use POSTMAN for manual API testing and use
RESTASSURED library in Java for automation.
- I send GET, POST, PUT, DELETE type of requests and
verify response status code and response body.
- I also do positive/negative testing of API.


When I do positive testing,
I send
valid request parameters,
valid headers,
valid request json body to valid url and verify that
response status code is 200 and
Json response body data is as expected.
When I do negative testing,

I send
invalid request parameters,
or invalid headers,
or invalid request json body and verify
response status code is not 200.

and Json response body contains error message. (for example, there are 100
employees numbered from 1 to 100, I send 101 as an end-point and I should be
able see 404 Not Found. The requested resource was not found.

Example 3: what to test in api

Basicall we are checking response body
to verify if request matches with response.
After that we are writing SQL query
to double check if database matches.
We can say happy path if all pass