# Best practices for Rails API testing?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-rails-api-testing/181479>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-rails-api-testing/181479 "2010-01-12T16:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![camilleroux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@camilleroux](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/camilleroux)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-rails-api-testing/181479/1 "2010-01-12T16:33:33Z")

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Hello,

I’m developing an API in XML and JSON and I’d to know how you do to test  
it.

I thought to create ActiveRessource classes and use them in Cucumber. By  
the way, I’ve a problem with that, I don’t know on which port Cucumber  
lunch Rails. So I don’t know what URL to give to the ActiveRessources  
classes.

And you, how do you test your API?

Thank you,  
Camille R.