API Load Testing Best Practices

Scriptless Load Testing is Not a Myth When it comes to testing APIs, many people take a straightforward approach and run basic functional...

What is a Load Testing Strategy?If you are thinking of load testing your API, the first thing you should do is establish a load testing strategy...

These terms are often used interchangeably.If nothing else, load, stress and performance testing are interrelated and all equally important to the...

If you've read about the different load testing profiles, the next logical step is to think about realistic loads coming from realistic...

If the benefits of the various kinds of functional testing laid out above didn’t persuade you of its utter importance, we’re not sure...

Figure Out Your RequirementsThe best way to start any testing process is by figuring out your own requirements and by talking to your current...

1. If You Build It, They Will Come: Set Up A Full Testing EnvironmentRemember when we talked about the possibility that Amazon was actually...

Sure, it’s pretty easy to break your application, website or API under an excessive load. But figuring out why and how it broken isn’t...

Now that you know what your KPIs are for load testing your APIs, it’s time to take a step back to look at the big picture of the results...

Whether you’re developing an API to power other applications or building an API within your own corporate infrastructure, you need to...

When load testing an API, you need to use different load conditions to see how the API handles them. Here are some questions that your load tests...