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.
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.
What API mocking is, when to mock an API and when not to, static vs dynamic mocks, how to mock with Prism, WireMock, Postman, Playwright and MSW, mocking in API testing, and how to keep mocks from drifting.