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WPM monitoring External API

donbroxson1

Has anyone used WPM for testing an External API?

Would not get a web page back from response that was initiated.

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petr.krcmarik

Hi,

what do you mean by External API? WPM is capable of testing almost every webpage, so if some application provides web page interface, then you should be able to monitor it.

Petr

chad.every

If your API site had a page that didn't require authentication, parameters or a special format like JSON, then you could hit that with WPM. It would be very very basic and most likely not test the true health of your API.

The server and application monitor would be better fit this scenario. Whether it is just a simple HTTP component monitor or a more advance script monitor (PowerShell, Python, Perl, etc). The advanced side would allow you to actually script API functions to see if they were working.

aLTeReGo

Server & Application Monitor supports monitoring restful APIs such as JSON, as well as SOAP based interfaces. It may be better suited for your needs.

jameslindsay

Can you point to an example of this? I need to monitor a set of API transactions. For example, the first transaction will give me a key that I must use to execute the second transaction. What component or template from SAM would allow me to do this?