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API TestingAPIIntermediate20-30 min

Restful Booker - Booking API test design

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Scenario

Your interview prompt

You are testing a public booking API. Explore authentication, booking creation, listing, details, full update, partial update, delete, date fields, validation, and unauthorized behavior.

Lab workspace

Restful Booker

Public REST API practice app

Open the third-party practice site in a new tab, test the target flow there, then return here to organize your notes and submit your answer. We do not embed external sites.

  1. 1Open the external practice site
  2. 2Explore the target flow
  3. 3Write your testing notes
  4. 4Submit answer and compare with senior QA feedback

Focus areas

Auth tokenBooking schemaDate validationPUT/PATCH/DELETEUnauthorized writes

Suggested timebox: 20-30 min

Use this while exploring the external site. These notes are saved locally in your browser.

When you are ready, summarize what you would test below.

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