I'm a big believer in testing APIs. As mentioned in the post, these tests can serve a similar purpose as integration tests, and can double as documentation and API health checks.
I've been building a tool that makes it easier to work with HTTP resources. While it's definitely not finished, I've put it online temporarily if anybody wants to check it out:
It lets you define environments, http resources, and tests to be run against those resources. Custom headers, params, and persistent variables (to be used in subsequent tests) is all in there (although there is no help or handholding right now). There is also a command line tool that lets you connect your local sever to the service, and run the tests against your local environment.
Please excuse the un-styled login/signup screen, I added it just now to put the app online. Also.. this is a very early preview that I did not intend on putting online so early, there will be bugs. I'll be taking it offline this weekend.
I've been building a tool that makes it easier to work with HTTP resources. While it's definitely not finished, I've put it online temporarily if anybody wants to check it out:
http://morning-anchorage-3682.herokuapp.com/
It lets you define environments, http resources, and tests to be run against those resources. Custom headers, params, and persistent variables (to be used in subsequent tests) is all in there (although there is no help or handholding right now). There is also a command line tool that lets you connect your local sever to the service, and run the tests against your local environment.
Please excuse the un-styled login/signup screen, I added it just now to put the app online. Also.. this is a very early preview that I did not intend on putting online so early, there will be bugs. I'll be taking it offline this weekend.