# The Power of Mocking APIs with Shivani Gaba

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-power-of-mocking-apis-with-shivani-gaba/43717>\
**Category:** Archive\
**Tags:** testbash-netherlands, api-testing\
**Created:** [16 October 2020 06:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-power-of-mocking-apis-with-shivani-gaba/43717 "2020-10-16T06:30:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2020 06:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-power-of-mocking-apis-with-shivani-gaba/43717/1 "2020-10-16T06:30:05Z")

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For our second session at TestBash Netherlands, we were joined by @shivani_gaba 😁 Shivani gave us a dive into all things mocking.

If you’ve got questions for Shivani about the talk, add them here 👇

Remember to ❤ questions that you like to show appreciation for others.

And, if you’re trying out the example application after the talk, share your results here 😉

Access the Session at 11:00 AM here:  
[https://app.hopin.to/events/testbash-netherlands-online-2020-16-october/sessions/f3ff692e-14b1-4e4c-89e0-247b439cb005](https://app.hopin.to/events/testbash-netherlands-online-2020-16-october/sessions/f3ff692e-14b1-4e4c-89e0-247b439cb005)

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**Author:** ![dianadromey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/dianadromey/32/7839_2.png) [@dianadromey](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/dianadromey)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2020 08:33 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-power-of-mocking-apis-with-shivani-gaba/43717/2 "2020-10-16T08:33:45Z")

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When looking to mock an API, what are the key requirements that you look for in the framework that you are using?

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**Author:** ![friendlytester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/friendlytester/32/14436_2.png) [@friendlytester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/friendlytester)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2020 08:33 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-power-of-mocking-apis-with-shivani-gaba/43717/3 "2020-10-16T08:33:58Z")

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Shivani - excellent talk!  
I’ve many questions:

- How did you learn about Wiremock?
- Have you tried other mocking tools?
- Has mocking ever caused more problems than solutions for you?
- I may have missed it during the talk, but how do you keep your mocks up to date?

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**Author:** ![jelleh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jelleh](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jelleh)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2020 08:55 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-power-of-mocking-apis-with-shivani-gaba/43717/4 "2020-10-16T08:55:45Z")

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What would be some typical cases in which API stubbing _isn’t_ worth the effort of creating/maintaining it?