Camila Maia - ScanAPI

Testing Automation

Automate integration tests and generate live documentation for APIs with ScanAPI, an open-source framework used by Loadsmart and contributed to by Camila Maia. Learn how to overcome common challenges and get started today!

Key takeaways

ScanAPI is an open-source framework for automating integration tests and generating live documentation for APIs.
The speaker, Camila Maia, is a developer at Loadsmart, a logistics company, where she worked as a firefighter and contributed to the creation of ScanAPI.
ScanAPI can be used to automate integration tests, generate live documentation, and provide real-time information about API requests.
The framework uses a YAML or JSON file to specify the API endpoints and their behavior, and can be run locally or in CI/CD pipelines.
Camila shared her personal experience with integrating ScanAPI into a project, discussing the challenges she faced and how she overcame them.
The first kind of problem was integration errors, which required recreating scenarios in production and using dynamic endpoint testing.
The second kind of problem was outdated documentation, which made it difficult to understand the API’s behavior.
The third kind of problem was the difficulty in recreating scenarios, which required manually testing and debugging.
Camila emphasized the importance of open-source contributions and the benefits of using ScanAPI for automating integration tests and generating live documentation.
She also mentioned that ScanAPI is written in Python and can be used with other frameworks, such as DRF or Flask.
The speaker encourage attendees to join the ScanAPI community and chat room to learn more about the framework and ask questions.
The talk concluded with a demonstration of how to use ScanAPI and a call to action for attendees to get involved.

Camila Maia - ScanAPI

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