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Breakdance provides multiple approaches for testing web APIs, each suited to different scenarios. Choose based on your testing needs:

Choose Your Approach

In-Memory Testing

Best for: Unit testing HTTP APIs you’re building without deploying infraFast, no network overhead, great for CI/CD

Request Snapshots

Best for: Replicating requests from 3rd party APIs.http files with variables, request chaining

Response Snapshots

Best for: Replicating responses from 3rd party APIsCapture once, replay everywhere

Quick Comparison

Combining Approaches

These techniques work well together. See the Snapshots Overview for the full philosophy.

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