Postman Pro-Tips: Avoiding False Positives in API Tests

Never failing tests suck! And they happen to everybody. Be a smart developer and make sure that the API tests that you write will fail when needed. This can save your reputation!

Tests that do not fail happen for many reasons. Everybody can make a small mistake and think that all is good when the API tests are wrong and cannot fail.

In this tutorial, I will show you a simple but effective technique that will help you figure out if your tests work. We will be "testing the tests" and use the built-in Postman mock server to achieve this.

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⌨️ 00:00 - Introduction
⌨️ 00:35 - Using mock servers to simulate API changes
⌨️ 06:46 - JSON schema validation
⌨️ 08:33 - Conclusion

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