{"id":14350,"date":"2023-05-25T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T07:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thichblog.net\/?p=14350"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T07:17:18","slug":"what-need-to-be-checked-in-api-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/?p=14350","title":{"rendered":"What need to be checked in API response?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several things that need to be checked in an API response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HTTP status code:<\/strong> Check if the HTTP status code indicating the success or failure of the API call is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Response payload:<\/strong> Check the response payload to ensure that it contains the expected data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Response headers:<\/strong> Check the response headers for any relevant information such as Content-Type, Cache-Control, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Error messages:<\/strong> Check for any error messages or error codes in the response payload or headers that would indicate a problem with the API call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performance<\/strong>: Check if the API response time is within acceptable limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Authentication and Authorization:<\/strong> Check if the API requires authentication and authorization and ensure that it is working as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Data validation:<\/strong> Check if the API is returning the correct data types and formats, as well as checking for any null or empty values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Security<\/strong>: Check if the API is secure and properly handles sensitive information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several things that need to be checked in an API response: HTTP status code: Check if the HTTP status code indicating the success or failure of the API call is correct. Response payload: Check the response payload to ensure that it contains the expected data. Response headers: Check the response headers for any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-14350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software-testing","tag-api-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibeshelf.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}