Testing an API with Automated API behavior testing

Use the IBM® Automated API behavior testing application to invoke an API from outside of the API Connect Assembly page so that you can verify that it executes properly.

Automated API behavior testing provides a simple set of fields where you can quickly invoke your API. You can automate tests and define schedules for running them.

Automated API behavior testing is an optional add-on to API Connect, and must be deployed by your administrator. If Automated API behavior testing is available in your deployment, a Test API displays on the Home page in API Manager.

If you want to use Automated API behavior testing for validating an API, complete the following steps to get started:

1. Log in to API Manager.
2. Publish your API to make sure that it's available online:
3. Create a client application and copy its client ID and client secret.
4. Subscribe the client app to the API.
5. Click API Manager in the banner to return to the Home page.
6. On the Home page, click the Test API tile to open Automated API behavior testing.