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# No REST for women
- URL: https://www.annemariecharrett.com/rest-apis-written-by-women/
- Published: 2018-11-05T09:51:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-17T05:04:07.000Z
- Author: Anne-Marie Charrett
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There’s plenty of pages giving you links to API Software Testing. Right now in MoT 30 days API Testing Challenge, they are working on collating lots of these which is a great idea.

I wanted to contribute using a different approach. I decided to collate and amplify material created by female (and those identifying as female) software craftspeople. Here they are:

Postman & API Testing: Amber Race

Tooling around – by Jo Ellen Carter

[REST-Assured with Cucumber:](http://angiejones.tech/rest-assured-with-cucumber-using-bdd-for-web-services-automation/?ref=annemariecharrett.com) Angie Jones

[API Pathways](http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/09/api-web-services-microservices-testing.html?ref=annemariecharrett.com) : Katrina Clokie

[Exploratory Testing an API](https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/exploratory-testing-an-api?ref=annemariecharrett.com): Maaret Pyhäjärvi

[What Is API Testing and Why Should We Be Using It?](https://simpleprogrammer.com/api-testing/?ref=annemariecharrett.com): Kristin Jackvony

[Pair Exploring an API with Thomas:](https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/07/testing-tour-stop-16-pair-exploring-an-api-with-thomas.html?ref=annemariecharrett.com) Lisi Hocke

[API Testing Heuristics for Developers:](http://europeantestingconference.eu/slides18/Roy.pdf?ref=annemariecharrett.com) Linda Sarah Roy

[Implementing REST sharp in REST API Automated Tests : Hilary Weaver-Robb](https://g33klady.com/2018/10/21/implementing-restsharp-in-rest-api-automated-tests/?ref=annemariecharrett.com)

[G33klady’s adventures in Software Testing -REST API category](https://g33klady.com/category/rest-api-testing/?ref=annemariecharrett.com): Hilary Weaver-Robb

[She used this one neat trick to model JSON as classes in C#, and her audience was stunned!](https://g33klady.com/2016/10/12/she-used-this-one-neat-trick-to-model-json-as-classes-in-c-and-her-audience-was-stunned/?ref=annemariecharrett.com) : Hillary Weaver-Robb

[Testing the UI and API together with my new practice app!](https://g33klady.com/2018/10/07/testing-the-ui-and-api-together-with-my-new-practice-app/?ref=annemariecharrett.com): Hilary Weaver-Robb

[Practise Testing App](https://github.com/g33klady/TestingRESTServices?ref=annemariecharrett.com) : Hilary Weaver-Robb

[API Design Using Feedback Loops](https://medium.com/capital-one-tech/api-design-using-feedback-loops-37048d3d131e?ref=annemariecharrett.com): Lorinda Brandon

[API Testing vs Unit Testing](https://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2017/10/api-testing-vs-ui-testing.html?ref=annemariecharrett.com) : Kristin Jackvony

[Testing API calls in PHP with Guzzle Mock](https://lornajane.net/posts/2017/testing-api-calls-in-php-with-guzzle-mocks?ref=annemariecharrett.com): Lorna Jane

[A variety of API related posts from her blog](https://lornajane.net/?s=api&submit=Search&ref=annemariecharrett.com) : Lorna Jane

[10 things I hate about your API : ](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T5rEOvRyDq8Yo2QITGNOYd%5FlylbN0TrX4yyuy7ARUOw/edit?ref=annemariecharrett.com#slide=id.p)Amanda Folson

[API Usability Testing](http://blog.pamelafox.org/2012/03/api-usability-testing.html?ref=annemariecharrett.com) : Pamela Fox

\[updated\] nineteen links That’s it. Five seven eleven articles, 1 video and 1 github repo.

I think we can get this list to at least twenty. So here is my challenge to you all, please contribute by posting a link on API Software Testing you enjoyed and happened to be written by a female.

Why I feel posts like this are important : [Women in Tech the facts](https://www.annemariecharrett.com/women-in-technology-facts/)

*Featured image is[ Mary Wollstonecraft](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/oct/05/original-suffragette-mary-wollstonecraft?ref=annemariecharrett.com)* , *the concept of feminism is attributed to her.*