API TestingAPIIntermediate

Search API

Scenario

Your interview prompt

A `GET /articles/search` endpoint accepts `q`, `tags`, `authorId`, `page`, and `sort`. It returns ranked results, highlighted snippets, total count, and suggestions for no-result queries.

What would you test?

List flows, risks, edge cases, data conditions, UX, security, API/backend, and performance concerns.

Tip: a stronger answer usually mixes happy path, negative cases, state changes, data, backend, UX, accessibility, and risk.

How to structure your answer

Happy pathNegative casesData rulesSecurity/API risksUX/performance