Recording API Calls on Chess.com and Keploy's Website — My Beginner API Testing Experience

Sarvansh Mehta — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:38:31 +0000

🧪 Recording API Calls on Chess.com & Keploy's Website — My First API Testing Experience

As a part of the Keploy API Fellowship, I explored API testing using the Keploy Chrome Extension. Instead of writing tests from scratch, I simply used the “Record Calls” feature — and it worked really well.

I tested on two websites:

Chess.com — for real-world dynamic APIs
Keploy.io — to test Keploy on Keploy 😄

🔍 What I Did

Opened the Keploy extension in Chrome
Clicked “Start Recording”
Browsed both Chess.com and Keploy’s homepage, triggering API calls
Let Keploy automatically capture the API requests/responses
Exported the results as cURL commands for replay and debugging

💡 What Surprised Me

I didn’t have to write any test manually
Keploy showed me exactly how many calls it captured
I could export the tests and use them with tools like curl or shell scripts

This helped me understand how sites communicate behind the scenes.

⚖️ Why It's Better Than Manual Testing (Especially for Beginners)

Task	Manual Tools	Keploy Extension
Setup	Medium	Just install
Test Writing	Manual JSON	Auto-generated
Replaying Calls	Scripted	One-click export

🧵 Final Thoughts

Trying this on Chess.com showed me how much goes on behind a simple page click.

Using it on Keploy’s own website was fun — I literally tested the tester!

For beginners, this tool makes API testing approachable. You just click, browse, and capture — it feels like magic.