Survey of REST API automation testing

Chen Jing1,2
Wei Qiang2
Wu Zehui2
Wang Xinlei2
1. School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
2. Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

Abstract

The REST API has become an important way to access and use cloud services, Web, and mobile applications. It is urgent to solve the problem of how to carry out automated testing on these APIs to ensure the security and reliability of services. Although there are numerous research results on REST API automation testing, there is still a lack of comprehensive analysis and summarization of testing techniques. This paper firstly summarized the development history of REST API automation testing, then refined the general process of testing by combining the features of REST API automation testing. Next, this paper elaborated the technical features of existing achievements from four aspects: pre-processing, test case generation, test case execution and monitoring, and result analysis, and compared and analyzed their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, it discussed the shortcomings of the current research, proposed possible solutions, and explored the next research direction.

Foundation Support

国家重点研发计划资助项目(2019QY0501)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2023.05.0230
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Printed Article, Vol. 41, 2024 No. 2
Section: Survey
Pages: 321-328,340
Serial Number: 1001-3695(2024)02-001-0321-08

Publish History

[2023-10-07] Accepted Paper
[2024-02-05] Printed Article

Cite This Article

陈静, 魏强, 武泽慧, 等. REST API自动化测试综述 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2024, 41 (2): 321-328,340. (Chen Jing, Wei Qiang, Wu Zehui, et al. Survey of REST API automation testing [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2024, 41 (2): 321-328,340. )

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