API Validation Complete Cheat Sheet

Overview

10-slide cheat sheet on what to validate in an API response: status codes, headers, JSON schema, values, invalid inputs, access control, pagination and a Playwright example. Published by SoftwareTestPilot.

Table of contents

1. What should you validate?
2. Status codes and headers
3. Validate the JSON schema
4. Check values and business rules
5. Try invalid inputs
6. Validate access control
7. Lists, filters and pagination
8. A practical Playwright check
9. Save your validation checklist

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• API Tester
• Automation Tester
• SDET

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