Exploring API Testing with Keploy's Chrome Extension: A Beginner’s Journey

This guide walks you through the steps to record and generate API tests using the Keploy Chrome Extension.

1. Install the Extension

1. Go to the Keploy API Test Recorder Chrome Extension.

   

2. Click Add to Chrome

   

3. Confirm by clicking Add Extension

   

2. Pin the Extension

1. Click the puzzle icon in the top-right of your browser

2. Find Keploy API Test Recorder

   

3. Click the 📌 Pin icon

   

3. Start Recording API Calls

1. Visit the API testing site like https://reqres.in

   

2. Scroll to Sample API Endpoints (GET, POST, PUT)

   

3. Click the Keploy extension icon in the toolbar

   

4. Log in or Sign up to your Keploy account

   

5. Click “Record API Calls”

   

4. Trigger API Requests

1. Click buttons like GET Single User, POST Create, or PUT Update

   

2. Watch the extension log calls like:

   • Captured calls: 5

   • Complete req/resp:5

     

5. Generate Test Cases

1. Click “Stop Recording”

   

2. Then click “Generate Test”

This will:

• Open the Keploy Dashboard

• Show your test suite with status for each test

  

Example statuses:

• Accepted

• Failed

  

• Log out :

  

📌 Summary