10 Best Public & Dummy APIs for Testing (2026)
The 10 best public and dummy APIs for testing in 2026 — fake CRUD data, HTTP behavior simulation, real production-grade APIs, and one built specifically for test-automation practice.
Insights on API testing, shift-left, no-code automation, and CI/CD.
The 10 best public and dummy APIs for testing in 2026 — fake CRUD data, HTTP behavior simulation, real production-grade APIs, and one built specifically for test-automation practice.
A JMeter tutorial for API load testing: building a Test Plan with Thread Groups and HTTP Samplers, JSON Assertions, CSV-driven parametrization, and running it headless in CI/CD — with the exact commands and settings.
The 8 best WebSocket testing tools in 2026 — CLI clients, GUI tools, browser-integrated monitoring, and load testing — and what's actually different about testing a persistent connection vs a single request.
A complete guide to API testing with Playwright: the request fixture, ajv schema validation, parametrized tests, custom auth fixtures, and a GitHub Actions pipeline — with working TypeScript for every example.
A neutral roundup of the 8 best gRPC testing tools in 2026 — manual clients, load testing tools, and language-native test frameworks — and an honest look at where general API testing platforms actually stand with gRPC.
A hands-on REST Assured tutorial for Java API testing: fluent given-when-then syntax, JSON schema validation, parametrized tests with JUnit 5, and a Maven-based GitHub Actions CI pipeline — with working code.
How to test GraphQL APIs — the real differences from REST testing, working code in the frameworks you already use, and the tools built specifically for GraphQL exploration and testing.
A hands-on tutorial for testing REST APIs with Python: pytest fixtures, the requests library, JSON schema validation, parametrized tests, and a GitHub Actions CI pipeline — with working code for every example.
API mocking lets frontend, backend, and integration teams build against an API before it exists. Here is how dynamic mock servers unblock parallel development — and where mocking ends and contract testing begins.