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API refers to how one firm communicates with another’s software inside. An API lets a third party, like Facebook, directly access portions of an outside program, like TikToks’ login kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hence the appeal for developers from all over the interweb and the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n API growth will continue to increase in popularity due to the numerous benefits it provides to developers. Growth through 2023 will be significant as more and more businesses move to adopt APIs in order to connect their various systems. We expect to see continued growth in the number of APIs being made available as well as increased adoption of existing APIs. Some examples of this growth can be seen in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recent blog post by Google about 7 trends to watch in the API economy<\/a> they made a statement that API’s are now the “crown jewels”<\/strong> of modern software development and to top that they said that “API security takes center stage”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n API security testing involves testing the API for any potential security vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive data or disrupt the functionality of the API. This type of testing is important to ensure that the API is secure and cannot be exploited by unauthorized individuals. Checking an API’s security ensures no one can acquire their info or do anything else unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whoa, the list of the things that go wrong is endless, and I’m afraid this article isn’t enough to encapsulate all those bad things. If an attacker is able to exploit a flaw in an API, they can potentially gain access to sensitive data or system resources. They may also be able to cause Denial of Service (DoS) conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to prepare for API security testing, you should first understand how the API works and what it exposes\u2014documentation would be a great place to start. Secondly, you should have a good understanding of common security risks and how to test for them. Finally, you should have a tool or framework that can help you automate security testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A great place to start would be by reading the documentation for the API. The reason for that is simple: API developers hate writing these docs as they are time-consuming and, secondly, they use automatic specification tools similar to OAS3 with the wrong assumption that they provide a bulletproof specification tool – well they don’t and this is a place to find those vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BLST Security to the rescue, just a few days ago I learned that the company released a brand new online web API security<\/a> scanner in which you can simply drag ‘n drop a JSON or YAML file to start an upload which automatically initiates a scan and you can view the result online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is security testing in API?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What can go wrong without an API security testing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Preparation for an API security testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
API Documentation step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n