API testing inside the QA workflow

Send the request. Inspect the response.
Turn API behavior into QA evidence.

Configure API requests, authentication, parameters, payloads, response review, validation rules, and execution history without separating the technical API flow from the test case that gives it QA context.

Interactive examples use sample endpoints, payloads, and simulated execution to demonstrate the AXQA workflow.

API Execution Pipeline
CONNECTED QA
AXQAAPI Test
RequestMethod + URL
AuthCredentials
ResponseInspect
ValidateRules
HistoryEvidence
PIPELINE STATUSConfigure request method and endpoint
1 of 5 stages
Request Setup
Method, endpoint, authentication, parameters, and request body stay visible together.
Raw + Tree
Review API responses as raw text or navigate structured response data in the API tree.
Validation Rules
Compare fields and values using practical conditions such as equality, contains, regex, and ranges.
Execution History
Keep API results connected to the QA workflow across reruns and regressions.
Interactive request studio

Build the API call with QA context still attached.

Explore a sample request and switch between authentication, parameter locations, and body modes to see how AXQA keeps API configuration readable inside the test workflow.

POSThttps://api.sample.axqa.dev/orders/{order_id}READY
AUTHENTICATION MODEBearer Token
NONEAPI KEYBEARER
AuthorizationBearer ••••••••••••••••Configured

Authentication stays part of the API definition so execution uses the intended credentials without hiding how the request is configured.

Response inspection

Read the payload your way. Then define what matters.

Switch between raw response text and the structured API tree. The same response becomes easier to inspect, navigate, and use when defining validation logic.

200 OK184 msapplication/json

Inspect before you validate.

AXQA keeps the response visible instead of hiding it behind a pass/fail result. QA teams can review the actual payload and understand exactly what the validation is evaluating.

Validation studio

Define expected behavior with rules the team can review.

Choose a sample validation type and see how AXQA turns response data into an explicit QA condition instead of an unexplained automation result.

EXACT VALUE CHECK

Validate order status.

response.order.status=="completed"

Compare the selected response field with the expected value and make the pass/fail reason visible in the execution result.

SIMULATED CHECK
Actualcompleted
Expectedcompleted
RESULTPASS
Execution paths

Public endpoint or private network. Keep the QA workflow connected.

Run reachable APIs through the normal AXQA execution path, or use Smart Agent when the approved target lives inside a local or restricted environment.

PUBLIC / REACHABLE

AXQA Execution

AXQAAPIResult

Execute against an API that is intentionally reachable from the AXQA execution environment.

PRIVATE / LOCAL

Smart Agent Execution

AXQAAgentPrivate API

Keep approved local targets private while Smart Agent performs the request inside the customer environment and returns the result.

Explore Smart Agent Local Testing
Full API run simulation

Watch a request become validated execution history.

Run the sample flow and follow the request from configuration through response inspection, validation, final result, and history.

API-027 · Create and validate order
READY
ConfigureRequest
ExecutePOST
ResponseJSON
ValidateExpected
HistorySaved
$ Ready to execute API-027...
Choose Run API Test to start the simulation.
Why API testing belongs inside QA operations

The request is technical. The result is operational.

Connected to Test Cases

Keep API behavior attached to the test step and QA objective instead of leaving requests in a disconnected technical workspace.

Visible Validation Logic

Let testers and leads review the response and understand exactly why an API check passed or failed.

Regression Ready

Repeat important API checks and keep results available across reruns as services and releases change.

Reporting Context

Turn API execution results into QA history and broader quality visibility instead of isolated request output.

Go beyond reachable APIs

API testing gets more useful when the execution path can follow the environment.

See how AXQA connects to customer-controlled systems, or how Smart Agent executes approved tests inside private and local networks.