I saw this meme and honestly it’s so far from reality.
We keep talking about shift-left, testing earlier, bringing QA into development and then we share memes like this, implying API testing somehow doesn’t make sense. First of all, API itself can be the product. Second: even if it’s not - API always needs to be tested separately. Different bugs. Different rules. Different risks. You don’t test API like a user clicks a UI.
You test: success paths, validation errors, auth mechanisms, rate limiting, performance, edge cases and many others.
Most of which you can’t even properly test through the UI. That’s the whole point.
And this is exactly why we built Rentgen.io
To take care of these boring, but critical checks instantly - without setup, without writing tests, without pretending clicking buttons will somehow cover your backend.
Automation before automation.
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