Hacking APIs
Corey J. Ball
Hacking APIs is a crash course in web API security testing that will prepare you to penetration-test APIs, reap high rewards on bug bounty programs, and make your own APIs more secure.
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🟢 Developer Verdict
A crash course in web API security testing, this book prepares developers to penetration-test APIs and secure their own services.
Read this if
- ✓ You want to learn practical web API security testing techniques.
- ✓ You aim to find vulnerabilities for bug bounty programs.
- ✓ You need to secure APIs you are designing or maintaining.
Skip this for now if
- ✗ You seek a broad introduction to general API design principles.
- ✗ You are looking for guidance on how to build APIs from scratch.
- ✗ You are an absolute beginner to APIs or security concepts.
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