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API Testing

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Providers using this tag (49)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 11 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 12 Limited public surface area
Emerging 19 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface

APIs with this tag (32)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
Emerging 16 Early or largely undocumented
GoReplayGoReplay captures live HTTP traffic with libpcap and replays it against a test target, letting teams valida...26.1SchemathesisSchemathesis is a property-based API testing tool that automatically generates test cases from OpenAPI and ...25.5REST ClientREST Client is a Visual Studio Code extension for sending HTTP requests and viewing responses directly with...24.6Thunder ClientThunder Client is the flagship VS Code REST API client extension offering a lightweight GUI for sending HTT...23.8Thunder Client CLIThe Thunder Client CLI (@thunderclient/cli) is a Node.js command-line tool for running Thunder Client reque...23.8RestfoxRestfox is a lightweight, offline-first web HTTP client for testing REST APIs, similar to Postman but brows...22.0Broadcom BlazeMeterContinuous testing platform for API, web, mobile, and performance testing. Exposes a REST API for orchestra...19.8cURL Command Line ToolThe curl command-line tool transfers data to or from a server using URL syntax, supporting protocols includ...19.3Runscope API Monitoring APIREST API for the Runscope (now BlazeMeter API Monitoring) platform. Manages buckets, API tests, environment...19.3SuperTestSuperTest is a Node.js library for testing HTTP servers by providing a high-level abstraction for HTTP asse...18.7DreddDredd is a language-agnostic command-line tool for validating an API description document against a backend...18.1Step CIStep CI is an open source API Quality Assurance framework that is language-agnostic and configured using YA...17.1Noname Active TestingNoname Active Testing enables organizations to test APIs for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before t...15.6Noname API Security PlatformThe Noname API Security Platform provides comprehensive API security through discovery, posture management,...15.6Mitmproxymitmproxy is a free and open source interactive HTTPS proxy for intercepting, inspecting, modifying, and re...15.0PawPaw (now RapidAPI for Mac) is a full-featured HTTP client that lets you test and describe the APIs you buil...11.5

Companies reaching this through an API (4)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “API Testing” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

CA Technologies (Broadcom) cURL Fiddler Stoplight

Score breakdown

Frequency
51.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
32.8
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
9.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Developer Tools broader Testing broader

Related tags

API Client 8 co-occurrences API Design 10 co-occurrences Performance Testing 7 co-occurrences API Monitoring 6 co-occurrences Contract Testing 6 co-occurrences HTTP Client 7 co-occurrences Functional Testing 5 co-occurrences CI/CD 17 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag51
Api tag32

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