The best api testing tools, according to hackers
4 api testing tools recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
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- SchemathesisDevelopers use it to generate tests from API schemas that find input validation bugs and unhandled edge cases.7recommend
- Tusk DriftOpen-source tool that records production API traffic and replays it as tests, capturing database and cache calls too. People recommend it as a more realistic alternative to synthetic tests.7recommend
- HurlPeople recommend Hurl as a free tool that works as a declarative layer over curl, making HTTP requests easier to write and run.5recommend
- mock API mocking utilityA command-line utility for creating, scripting and automating mock APIs, which simplifies setting up mock services for local testing in any language. No recurring criticism appears in the quotes.5recommend