👋 Introduction
As a Computer Science student constantly building backend projects, API testing always felt like a tedious, repetitive chore. Manually writing test cases, figuring out edge cases, handling schema mismatches — it was time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. That changed the moment I tried Keploy, an AI-powered API testing tool that literally made my life easier.
🤯 The Problem with Manual Testing
Before Keploy, here’s what API testing looked like for me:
Writing curl or Postman requests for each endpoint
Hardcoding test data
Keeping response schemas updated
Debugging failed tests manually
Zero reusability and full of human errors
It worked… but it was painful.
🧠 My Keploy Experience (Chrome Extension)
Keploy’s Chrome Extension turned that around. Here’s what I did:
Visited two real-world websites I frequently use — Amazon and Flipkart.
Opened Keploy Extension and started capturing API traffic as I interacted with the pages.
Keploy automatically generated API test cases from the traffic — including headers, payloads, and responses.
I could instantly re-run those test cases or export them into a testing suite.
It felt like magic. 🎩✨
Here is a snippet of the working of this extension:
For the Amazon's website:
For the Flipkart's website:
😍 What Excited Me the Most
No setup overhead – Keploy works with existing traffic and tools.
Instant test generation – Saves hours of writing and updating tests.
Great for CI/CD – I integrated it into GitHub Actions for full automation.
Student-friendly – Even beginners can get near-enterprise-level test quality.
📈 What I Learned
This experience taught me how powerful AI can be in developer tooling. Instead of replacing developers, Keploy acts like a co-pilot that handles the boring parts of testing, while I focus on writing better APIs.
📣 Final Thoughts
If you’re still writing manual API tests — stop. Just give Keploy a try and let it blow your mind. It’s open-source, free to use, and surprisingly easy to integrate into real projects.
Whether you’re a student or a pro, this tool will change how you think about testing forever.
💻 Tech Stack Used in My Project
Backend: Spring Boot (Java 17)
Database: PostgreSQL
API Test Tool: Keploy CLI + Keploy Chrome Extension
CI/CD: GitHub Actions
The link to my Project: KEPLOY
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