API testing recommendations/best practices

Hello there,

I'm new to this product and was curious if anyone could provide information as to how an API integration could be tested within a development environment. I've done a quick search on the forum and the answer seems to be that no LimeLM "sandbox" is available. If this is not the case, could you point me in the direction of getting that set up? Otherwise, how do you suggest I could safely run scripted tests, for example.

Cheers!

Hey Chad,

You can create a free account an run most queries on it: https://wyday.com/limelm/signup/

The free account is limited, though. So you will not be able to delete product keys (and a handful of other things).

Is there anything in particular you have a question about?

Thanks, Wyatt, I appreciate it. Nothing in particular, just wondering how to test.

I should write up a document answering this question.

In short: it is very hard to set up and test your implementation against all the corner cases that TurboActivate requires you to handle. This is because there is no "simulation" or "sandbox" mode of TA that you can use to force it to simulate a variety of copy protection conditions.

Start by taking a look at the examples that Wyatt provides. You may need to deviate from the process described therein, but it's better than nothing to start with.

Also: be sure to set up a lot of virtual machines for testing every possible corner case of the API. You WILL forget something the first time around.