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==API testing, GUI testing, and test automation==
API Testing is recognized as being more suitable for [[test automation]] and [[continuous testing]] (especially the automation used with [[Agile software development]] and [[DevOpsDevs]]) than GUI testing.<ref name="forrblog"/><ref name="layers"/> Reasons cited include:
 
* '''System complexity:''' GUI tests can't sufficiently verify functional paths and back-end APIs/services associated with multitier architectures. APIs are considered the most stable interface to the system under test.