Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering · 2022 · 55 citations · 22 references
ComputingCybersecurityFault ToleranceTest ConstructionTest DevelopmentApplication Programming InterfacesDependability AnalysisSoftware TestingWeb ApisWeb Application SecurityWeb Application TestingApi Call Sequence AnalysisApi TestingBlack-box TestingOpenapi SpecificationRestful ApisRestful Web ServicesTestingWeb Services
RESTful APIs are arguably the most popular endpoints for accessing Web services. Blackbox testing is one of the emerging techniques for ensuring the reliability of RESTful APIs. The major challenge in testing RESTful APIs is the need for correct sequences of API operation calls for in-depth testing. To build meaningful operation call sequences, researchers have proposed techniques to learn and utilize the API dependencies based on OpenAPI specifications. However, these techniques either lack the overall awareness of how all the APIs are connected or the flexibility of adaptively fixing the learned knowledge.
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