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title: API testing with Scout
description: Use these pages when writing Scout API integration tests: Write Scout API tests, API test best practices, Authentication in Scout API tests. 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/extend/testing/api-testing
products:
  - Kibana
---

# API testing with Scout
Use these pages when writing Scout API integration tests:
- [Write Scout API tests](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/extend/testing/write-api-tests)
- [API test best practices](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/extend/testing/api-best-practices)
- [Authentication in Scout API tests](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/extend/testing/api-auth)