Testing APIs written in PHP using the Behat feature testing tool

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Uses Behat and Gherkin to run real HTTP requests against a Symfony app and a real database, not unit mocks, so tests catch config and serialization mistakes. Examples include a delete-task scenario that asserts status and database persistence, JSON schema checks that use additionalProperties false to catch accidental leaks, security checks that expect 401 or 404, and a setup that runs about 15,000 steps across 1,000+ scenarios in ~5.5 minutes. Built demo to-do app works end to end.

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1. 0:00API testing with Behat
2. 1:16What is Behat
3. 3:02Writing feature tests
4. 5:54API responses and DB state
5. 7:39JSON schema validation
6. 9:09Security checks
7. 10:56Scenario outlines
8. 11:59Tags and hooks
9. 14:31Background steps
10. 15:17Behat for API testing
11. 17:03Best practices
12. 18:09Q&A: Complex endpoints
13. 20:19Q&A: Mocking services
14. 21:23Q&A: Writing test steps
15. 22:47Q&A: HTTP kernel tests
16. 26:01Q&A: Performance handling
17. 27:25Q&A: Mocking Symfony deps
18. 28:26Q&A: Dynamic fixtures
19. 29:50Q&A: DB transactions
20. 30:13Q&A: Testable steps
21. 31:19Q&A: Debugging failures
22. 31:40Q&A: Product owners
23. 32:47Q&A: Symfony config

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