Is there an ISTQB API Testing Certification?

Short answer

There is no ISTQB API Testing certification. If you want a credential focused entirely on API testing, AT*SQA offers an API Testing certification built by stacking three API testing micro-credentials.

AT*SQA API Testing certification (3 stackable micro-credentials)

AT*SQA awards its API Testing certification after you earn all three API testing micro-credentials:

• API Testing: Introduction and Testing Planning and Design
• API Testing: REST API, gRPC, and graphQL
• API Testing: Environments, Tools, and Future Proofing

ISTQB certifications that mention API testing

• ISTQB Foundation Level briefly mentions API testing, but does not go into much detail.
• The ISTQB certifications that cover API testing the most are ISTQB Technical Test Analyst (with nearly 30 mentions and a subsection on API testing) and ISTQB Test Automation Engineering.
• ISTQB Foundation Level is a prerequisite for those certifications.

FAQ

Is there an ISTQB API Testing certification?

No. There is no ISTQB API Testing certification. AT*SQA offers an API Testing certification earned by completing three API testing micro-credentials.

How do I earn the AT*SQA API Testing certification?

AT*SQA awards the API Testing certification when you earn all three micro-credentials listed below.

Which ISTQB certifications cover API testing the most?

ISTQB Technical Test Analyst and ISTQB Test Automation Engineering cover it the most. ISTQB Foundation Level mentions it briefly.

What order should I take the AT*SQA API Testing micro-credentials?

AT*SQA’s API Testing micro-credentials are designed to be taken in this order: API Testing: Introduction and Testing Planning and Design, then API Testing: REST API, gRPC, and graphQL, and finally API Testing: Environments, Tools, and Future Proofing.

Is there AT*Learn training that goes along with these micro-credenetials?

Yes! There is AT*Learn training that follows the structure of the API Testing micro-credentials. This can be purchased for $39 on the AT*SQA site.

What do the three AT*SQA API Testing micro-credentials cover?

They cover API testing from end to end: (1) fundamentals, planning, and design in Introduction and Testing Planning and Design; (2) protocols and approaches such as REST, gRPC, and graphQL in REST API, gRPC, and graphQL; and (3) environments, tools, and long-term maintainability in Environments, Tools, and Future Proofing. Completing all three also earns the AT*SQA API Testing certification.