API Testing Made Easy with Keploy Chrome Extension: My Flask Bookstore App Experience

Debasis Sikdar — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:46:45 +0000

I recently used the Keploy Chrome Extension to automatically test my Flask Bookstore API, and the experience was super smooth and powerful.

About My Project:
It’s a Bookstore API built with Flask, using SQLite for storage and JWT authentication via cookies. It supports all basic CRUD operations for books and has full login/signup functionality. The project runs in GitHub Codespaces.

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/DebasisX/bookstore-api/

What I Did with Keploy:

I installed the Keploy Chrome Extension from GitHub.
I ran my app in Codespaces and exposed port 5000 publicly.
Then, I clicked “Start Recording” in the Keploy Extension and started interacting with my API (signup, login, add book, list books).
After recording, I exported the captured API calls as a .sh file.
I visited https://app.keploy.io and used the "Generate API Tests" option to upload the cURLs and test them.

Result:
✅ All tests passed successfully on the Keploy Dashboard.

My Thoughts:

This was much easier than writing manual test cases.
Keploy saved me hours of work.
The Chrome extension is fast, simple, and works offline too.
I’m excited to explore deeper testing and CI/CD integration next.

Thanks to Keploy for making API testing feel like magic!

DEV Community: Debasis Sikdar

API Testing Made Easy with Keploy Chrome Extension: My Flask Bookstore App Experience