API testing courses can help you learn how to validate API functionality, performance, security, and reliability. You can build skills in writing test cases, automating tests, and analyzing API responses to ensure they meet specifications. Many courses introduce tools like Postman, SoapUI, and JMeter, that support executing tests and monitoring API behavior. You'll also explore methods for integrating testing into the development process, enhancing collaboration between teams, and ensuring seamless application performance.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: API Testing, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Behavior-Driven Development, Test Automation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Restful API, API Design, Web Applications, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Application Programming Interface (API), HTML and CSS, JSON, Web Servers, Javascript, Software Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Restful API, Docker (Software), Containerization, Git (Version Control System), Development Environment, Flask (Web Framework), Application Programming Interface (API), Authentications, Application Deployment, Database Management, Database Development, JSON, Object-Relational Mapping, Operational Databases, API Testing, Python Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Edureka
Skills you'll gain: API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Validation, Restful API, API Testing, Application Frameworks, Performance Tuning, Data Integrity, Software Versioning, Django (Web Framework), Software Documentation, Middleware, Node.JS, Application Performance Management, Spring Boot, Test Automation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Apache Maven, Unit Testing, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Restful API, API Testing, Software Testing, Test Case, Application Programming Interface (API), Gradle, Build Tools, Software Development Tools, Integration Testing, Application Frameworks, Authentications
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: API Testing, Test Script Development, Test Automation, Test Tools, Performance Testing, Java Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: ASP.NET, .NET Framework, C# (Programming Language), Microsoft Visual Studio, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, Restful API, Microsoft Azure, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Application Development, Development Environment, Event-Driven Programming, Middleware, Software Installation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Development Methodologies, Development Environment, Software Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Version Control, Software Design Patterns, JSON, Maintainability, Network Engineering, Software Development Tools, API Testing, Restful API, Data Import/Export, Git (Version Control System), Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Computer Programming Tools, Devops Tools, Extensible Languages and XML, YAML, Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, API Testing, Spring Framework, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Data Persistence, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Development Testing, Software Testing, Web Services, Object-Relational Mapping, Application Security, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Network Protocols
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: GraphQL, API Design, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), ASP.NET, Authentications, Data Validation, .NET Framework, Authorization (Computing), C# (Programming Language), Serverless Computing, Software Documentation, Cloud Deployment, Microsoft Azure, Software Architecture, Server Side, Verification And Validation, Application Deployment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Anthropic Claude, Application Programming Interface (API), LLM Application, JSON, AI Integrations, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, Scripting, Token Optimization, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Development Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Cucumber (Software), Postman API Platform, Software Testing, Behavior-Driven Development, Selenium (Software), Test Driven Development (TDD), Performance Stress Testing, API Testing, Unit Testing, Performance Testing, Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Javascript
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks