determinedTester's Journey

 HTTPS Cookies and Tokens - How do they work         HTTP protocol is used to move info around. This is not secure because the information is sent as plain text. This means anyone who intercepts the traffic can read it.     HTTPS protocol allows the information transferred securely between the client and server. HTTPS uses TLS (SSL) to encrypt normal HTTP requests and responses, making it safer and more secure.     The client performs a handshake, with the suggestion of encryption method.  Then a certificate is swapped between the client and server. This is then verified by a certificate authority. Then decryption key is swapped.  When encrypted data is sent, client decrypts with the key. Tokens  A token is created and saved in the client's browser after the user logs into the website. Every time a client requests something from the server, this encrypted information is sent with the request. The server confirms the user's information after receiving the request, decrypts the t

 Learning Resources for API testing 1. https://www.udemy.com/course/python-sdet-rest-api-automation/learn/lecture/21316794?start=0#overview.  2. https://www.udemy.com/course/api-with-postman-for-absolute-beginners/learn/lecture/23890614?start=15#overview 3. https://www.coursera.org/learn/laura-gemmell-intro-postman-apis/home/welcome 4. https://www.coursera.org/learn/start-your-api-testing-journey-with-postman-tool/home/welcome 5. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/api-testing-foundations/stand-out-as-an-api-tester?autoplay=true Although the above courses mentioned above cover how to use postman for API testing, than API testing approach. Here are some other resources I found for API testing: 1.  https://github.com/g33klady/TodoApiSample/tree/main/Resources . https://github.com/g33klady/TodoApiSample 2. http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2015/09/api-web-services-microservices-testing.html 3.  Manning Early Access Program  Testing Web APIs, is another  book, I'm yet to start 4. https:/