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performing-api-fuzzing-with-restler

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'Uses Microsoft RESTler to perform stateful REST API fuzzing: compiles

When to use

• Performing automated security testing of REST APIs using their OpenAPI/Swagger specifications
• Discovering bugs that only manifest through specific sequences of API calls (stateful testing)
• Finding 500 Internal Server Error responses that indicate unhandled exceptions or crash conditions
• Testing API input validation by fuzzing parameters with malformed, boundary, and injection payloads
• Running continuous security regression testing in CI/CD pipelines for API changes

When not to use

• fuzzing production environments without explicit authorization and monitoring

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