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The awesome-api-security (aka awesome-apisec) repository is collection of awesome API Security tools and resources.
The focus goes to open-source tools and resources that benefit all the community.
Please read the contributions section before opening a pull request.
Name |
Description |
API Guesser |
Simple website to guess API Key / OAuth Token by Muhammad Daffa |
API Key Leaks: Tools and exploits |
An API key is a unique identifier that is used to authenticate requests associated with your project. Some developers might hardcode them or leave it on public shares. |
Key-Checker |
Go scripts for checking API key / access token validity. |
Keyhacks |
Keyhacks is a repository which shows quick ways in which API keys leaked by a bug bounty program can be checked to see if they're valid. |
Private key usage verification |
Driftwood is a tool that can enable you to lookup whether a private key is used for things like TLS or as a GitHub SSH key for a user. |
Author |
Publisher |
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Description |
Neil Madden |
Manning |
API Security in Action |
API Security in Action teaches you how to create secure APIs for any situation. |
Corey Ball |
No starch press |
Hacking APIs |
Breaking Web Application Programming Interfaces. |
Justing Richer and Antonio Sanso |
Manning |
Understanding API Security |
Several chapters from several Manning books that give you some context for how API security works in the real world. |
Emily Freeman |
Data Theorem Special Edition |
API Security for dummies |
This book is a high-level introduction to the key concepts of API security and DevSecOps. |
Name |
Description |
APIsecure |
The world's first conference dedicated to API threat management; bringing together breakers, defenders, and solutions in API security. |
Name |
Description |
APISandbox |
Pre-Built Vulnerable Multiple API Scenarios Environments Based on Docker-Compose. |
crAPI |
completely ridiculous API (crAPI) |
Damn-Vulnerable-GraphQL-Application |
Damn Vulnerable GraphQL Application is intentionally vulnerable implementation of Facebook's GraphQL technology to learn and practice GraphQL Security. |
DamnVulnerableMicroServices |
This is a vulnerable microservice written in many languages to demonstrating OWASP API Top Security Risk (under development) |
dvws-node |
Damn Vulnerable Web Service is a vulnerable web service/API/application that we can use to learn webservices/API vulnerabilities. |
Generic-University |
Vulnerable API with Laravel App |
Pixi |
The Pixi module is a MEAN Stack web app with wildly insecure APIs! |
REST API Goat |
This is a "Goat" project so you can get familiar with REST API testing. |
VAmPI |
Vulnerable REST API with OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for APIs |
vAPI |
vAPI is Vulnerable Adversely Programmed Interface which is Self-Hostable API that mimics OWASP API Top 10 scenarios through Exercises. |
vulnerable-graphql-api |
A very vulnerable implementation of a GraphQL API. |
Websheep |
Websheep is an app based on a willingly vulnerable ReSTful APIs. |
Name |
Description |
The API Specification Toolbox |
This Toolbox goal is to try and map out all of the different API specifications in use, as well as the services, tooling, extensions, and other supporting elements. |
Understanding gRPC, OpenAPI and REST |
gRPC vs REST: Understanding gRPC, OpenAPI and REST and when to use them in API design |
API security design best practices |
API security design best practices for enterprise and public cloud. |
REST API Design Guide |
This design guide or style guide contains best practices suitable for most REST APIs. |
How to design a REST API |
How to design a REST API? - Full guide tackling security, pagination, filtering, versioning, partial answers, CORS, etc. |
Awesome REST |
A collaborative list of great resources about RESTful API architecture, development, test, and performance. Feel free to contribute to this ongoing list. |
Collect API Requirements |
Collecting Requirements for your API with APIOps Cycles. |
API Audit |
API Audit is a method to ensure APIs are matching the API Design guidelines. It also helps check for usability, security and API management platform compatibility. |
Name |
Description |
Wallarm Free API Firewall |
Fast and light-weight API proxy firewall for request and response validation by OpenAPI specs. |
Author |
Name |
Description |
42Crunch |
api security articles |
API Security Articles - The Latest API Security News, Vulnerabilities & Best Practices. |
Name |
Description |
Everything API Hacking |
A video collection from Katie Paxton-Fear, @InsiderPhD, and other people creating a playlist of API hacking knowledge! |
API hacking |
API hacking videos from @theXSSrat |
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Description |
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GraphQL |
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BatchQL |
GraphQL security auditing script with a focus on performing batch GraphQL queries and mutations. |
clairvoyance |
Obtain GraphQL API schema despite disabled introspection! |
InQL |
InQL - A Burp Extension for GraphQL Security Testing. |
GraphQLmap |
GraphQLmap is a scripting engine to interact with a graphql endpoint for pentesting purposes. |
graphql-path-enum |
Tool that lists the different ways of reaching a given type in a GraphQL schema. |
graphql-playground |
GraphQL IDE for better development workflows (GraphQL Subscriptions, interactive docs & collaboration) |
graphql-threat-matrix |
GraphQL threat framework used by security professionals to research security gaps in GraphQL implementations. |
graphw00f |
graphw00f is GraphQL Server Engine Fingerprinting utility for software security professionals looking to learn more about what technology is behind a given GraphQL endpoint. |
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REST APIs |
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APICheck |
The DevSecOps toolset for REST APIs. |
APIClarity |
Reconstruct Open API Specifications from real-time workload traffic seamlessly. |
APIFuzzer |
Fuzz test your application using your OpenAPI or Swagger API definition without coding. |
APIKit |
APIKit:Discovery, Scan and Audit APIs Toolkit All In One. |
Arjun |
HTTP parameter discovery suite. |
Astra |
Automated Security Testing For REST API's. |
Automatic API Attack Tool |
Imperva's customizable API attack tool takes an API specification as an input, generates and runs attacks that are based on it as an output. |
CATS |
CATS is a REST API Fuzzer and negative testing tool for OpenAPI endpoints. |
Cherrybomb |
Stop half-done API specifications with a CLI tool that helps you avoid undefined user behaviour by validating your API specifications. |
ffuf |
Fast web fuzzer written in Go. |
fuzzapi |
Fuzzapi is a tool used for REST API pentesting anTnT-Fuzzerd uses API_Fuzzer gem. |
gotestwaf |
An open-source project in Golang to test different web application firewalls (WAF) for detection logic and bypasses |
kiterunner |
Contextual Content Discovery Tool. |
RESTler |
RESTler is the first stateful REST API fuzzing tool for automatically testing cloud services through their REST APIs and finding security and reliability bugs in these services. |
Swagger-EZ |
A tool geared towards pentesting APIs using OpenAPI definitions. |
TnT-Fuzzer |
OpenAPI 2.0 (Swagger) fuzzer written in python. Basically TnT for your API. |
wadl-dumper |
Dump all available paths and/or endpoints on WADL file. |
fuzz-lightyear |
A pytest-inspired, DAST framework, capable of identifying vulnerabilities in a distributed, micro-service ecosystem through chaos engineering testing and stateful, Swagger fuzzing. |
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SOAP |
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Wsdler |
WSDL Parser extension for Burp. |
wsdl-wizard |
WSDL Wizard is a Burp Suite plugin written in Python to detect current and discover new WSDL (Web Service Definition Language) files. |
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Others |
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SoapUI |
SoapUI is a free and open-source cross-platform functional testing solution for APIs and web services. |
Author |
Name |
Description |
Kontra |
OWASP Top 10 for API |
Is a series of free interactive application security training modules that teach developers how to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in their web API endpoints. |
Tushar Kulkarni |
vAPI |
vAPI is Vulnerable Adversely Programmed Interface, Self-Hostable PHP Interface that mimics OWASP API Top 10 scenarios in the means of Exercises. |
Grant Ongers |
API top 10 walkthrough |
OWASP API Top 10 CTF Walk-through. |
ShipFast |
Practical API Security Walkthrough |
Learn practical Mobile and API security techniques: API Key, Static and Dynamic HMAC, Dynamic Certificate Pinning, and Mobile App Attestation. |
Pentester Academy |
API security, REST Labs |
Pentester Academy - attack & defense |
Hacker101 |
GraphQL challenges |
GraphQL Week on The Hacker101 Capture the Flag Challenges |
OWASP-SKF |
GraphQL Labs |
GraphQL Labs on the OWASP Security Knowledge Framework |
Wesley Thijs |
Let's build an API to hack |
API Hacking Excercises by @TheXSSrat |
Author |
Name |
Description |
42Crunch |
@apisecurityio |
API security news, standards, vulnerabilities, tools. |
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The purpose of this repository is to collect API Security tools and resources. The preference goes to open-source or community editions tools, creative commons resources, and resources created by the community for the benefit of the community. The exception is in the book's topic, where some referenced items may have an associated cost.
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Other content vendor-specific, ads, commercial, restricted, free trial, freemium, closed-source (proprietary software), or products provided in exchange for private user details are considered out of scope pull requests.
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Out of scope pull requests will be discarded and closed or ignored without notice.
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