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ICST 2020
Sat 24 - Wed 28 October 2020 Porto, Portugal
Sun 25 Oct 2020 14:00 - 14:30 at Farfetch (D. Maria) - RT5 - Testing for APIs Chair(s): José Miguel Rojas
Mon 26 Oct 2020 01:00 - 01:30 at Farfetch (D. Maria) - RT5 - Testing for APIs Chair(s): Marcelo d'Amorim

RESTful APIs are an increasingly common way to expose software systems functionality and it is therefore of high interest to find methods to automatically test and verify such APIs. To lower the barrier for industry adoption, such methods need to be straightforward to use with a low effort. This paper introduces a method to explore the behaviour of a RESTful API. This is done by using automatic property-based tests produced from OpenAPI documents that describe the REST API under test. We describe how this method creates artifacts that can be leveraged both as property-based test generators and as a source of validation for results (i.e., as test oracles). Experimental results, on both industrial and open source services, indicate how this approach is a low effort way of finding real faults. Furthermore, it supports building additional knowledge about the system under test by automatically exposing misalignment of specification and implementation. Since the tests are generated from the OpenAPI document this method automatically evolves test cases as the REST API evolves.

Sun 25 Oct

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14:00 - 16:00
RT5 - Testing for APIsTesting Tools Track / Research Papers at Farfetch (D. Maria) +11h
Chair(s): José Miguel Rojas University of Leicester, UK
14:00
30m
Talk
QuickREST: Property-based Test Generation of OpenAPI-Described RESTful APIs
Research Papers
Stefan Karlsson ABB AB, Mälardalen University, Adnan Causevic Mälardalen University, Daniel Sundmark Mälardalen University
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14:30
30m
Talk
RESTTESTGEN: Automated Black-Box Testing of RESTful APIsDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Emanuele Viglianisi FBK, Michael Dallago University of Trento, Mariano Ceccato University of Verona
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15:00
30m
Talk
Testability Transformations For Existing APIs
Research Papers
Andrea Arcuri Kristiania University College, Norway, Juan Pablo Galeotti University of Buenos Aires
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15:30
15m
Talk
CDST: A Toolkit for Testing Cockpit Display Systems
Testing Tools Track
Hassan Sartaj QUEST - UAV Dependability Lab, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Muhammad Uzair Khan National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
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15:45
15m
Talk
Open-source Defect Injection Benchmark Testbed for the Evaluation of Testing
Testing Tools Track
Miroslav Bures Czech Technical University in Prague, Pavel Herout University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ, Bestoun S. Ahmed Karlstad University
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Mon 26 Oct

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01:00 - 03:00
RT5 - Testing for APIsResearch Papers / Testing Tools Track at Farfetch (D. Maria)
Chair(s): Marcelo d'Amorim Federal University of Pernambuco
01:00
30m
Talk
QuickREST: Property-based Test Generation of OpenAPI-Described RESTful APIs
Research Papers
Stefan Karlsson ABB AB, Mälardalen University, Adnan Causevic Mälardalen University, Daniel Sundmark Mälardalen University
Link to publication DOI
01:30
30m
Talk
RESTTESTGEN: Automated Black-Box Testing of RESTful APIsDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Emanuele Viglianisi FBK, Michael Dallago University of Trento, Mariano Ceccato University of Verona
Link to publication DOI
02:00
30m
Talk
Testability Transformations For Existing APIs
Research Papers
Andrea Arcuri Kristiania University College, Norway, Juan Pablo Galeotti University of Buenos Aires
Link to publication DOI
02:30
15m
Talk
CDST: A Toolkit for Testing Cockpit Display Systems
Testing Tools Track
Hassan Sartaj QUEST - UAV Dependability Lab, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Muhammad Uzair Khan National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Link to publication DOI
02:45
15m
Talk
Open-source Defect Injection Benchmark Testbed for the Evaluation of Testing
Testing Tools Track
Miroslav Bures Czech Technical University in Prague, Pavel Herout University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, CZ, Bestoun S. Ahmed Karlstad University
Link to publication DOI