Technical Blog Post
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IBM releases new API Tester with REST XAPI support and a host of features
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A new, smarter API Tester with support for REST XAPI invocation and host of other useful features has been introduced with 9.5-Foundation Fix Pack 2 onwards. The same is also available now in 9.4, with Foundation Fix Pack 16 onwards. More details below -
Features :
- Separate UI panel for REST XAPI calls for json, xml formats with support for both GET and POST requests.
- Support for tracing on need basis, for individual API invocations
- No reloading of screen or switching back and forth between API calls, with embedded AJAX support.
- Fetches the default API output template with one click.
- Maintains history of last 10 API invocations, allowing repetitive test jobs to be done with much ease.
- Save and Download invoked APIs data as text files.
- Support for version specific API invocation.
- A quick link to access javadocs (provided smcfsdocs is deployed).
Screenshots for a quick look and feel :
Steps to Deploy :
Set -Ddevmode=Y while building EAR or WAR
(same as old HTTP API Tester)
Link To Access :
http://<host>:<port>/smcfs/yfshttpapi/ibmapitester.jsp
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