Report on Various Methodologies of API Authentication Testing: Lifecycle, Application use and Challenges

Abstract

API testing is the process of testing the application programming interface to make sure that it is secure, correct, reliable and is in alignment with the best practices of the business or organisation. The popularity of API began when internet as a service came into the market. The benefits of using API have been introduced in organisations and developers are encouraged to report and use API as much as possible. This is since API have specifications and elements which helps the organisations to manage their API efficiently bases upon the integration, important documentation, and testing tools. Over the period, most of the organisations are moving their applications and processes online due to which all the crucial data is available online. This gave rise to security and privacy issue of the data and information of the clients of the organisation. It is important that proper API authentication protocols and methods are followed to provide best secure and safe APIs to the end user.