Web Services Testing is testing of Web services and its Protocols like SOAP & REST. To test a Webservice you can
- Test Manually
- Create your own Automation Code
- Use an off-the shelf automation tool like SoapUI.
WebService Testing involves following steps –
- Understand the WSDL file
- Determine the operations that particular web service provides
- Determine the XML request format which we need to send
- Determine the response XML format
- Using a tool or writing code to send request and validate the response