u/Distinct-Lemon-2720

How are people testing backend these days?

I'm working on something in the API and backend testing space and trying to understand current workflows.

How are you currently testing backend in your stack?
(Postman, code-based tests, AI tools, etc.)

Curious what’s working and what’s painful.

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u/Distinct-Lemon-2720 — 11 days ago
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API testing without maintaining test code - looking for beta testers

Hey folks,

I've been building QAPIR (https://app.qapir.io), a tool that generates API test scenarios automatically from API docs or an OpenAPI spec.

The idea is to reduce the amount of test code and setup usually needed for backend testing. You paste a link to API docs (or upload an OpenAPI spec), and in a couple of minutes it generates a working baseline test suite with validations, environment variables/secrets, and chained calls.

Tests can be edited in a simple YAML format or through a UI editor.

Right now it's focused on REST APIs, but I'm planning to add things like:

  • CI integrations (GitHub / GitLab)
  • more protocols (GraphQL, WebSockets, gRPC)
  • additional test steps (DB/cache queries, event queues, webhook testing, HTTP mocks)

It's very early, and I'm looking for a few SDETs, Developers and QA engineers willing to try it for free and give honest feedback.

If you're doing API testing and are curious to try it on a real service, I'd really appreciate your thoughts.

Link:
https://app.qapir.io

Thanks!

u/Distinct-Lemon-2720 — 10 days ago