Ask IH! What do you think of this productized service?
Hello all,
I am seeing a lot of productized services like unlimited design services, writing services, lead generation service (Lead Cookie).
So what do you think of automated testing (say API to begin with) as a service? I would write the API tests and run them on a server and the consumer can either run the tests on a schedule (say every morning or evening) or on demand like trigger the test run via Slack or even committing to source code.
Would you as Indie hacker, pay for this kind of services?
If you pay for this, how much would you be willing to pay?
Any other questions/suggestions, welcome.
Looking for some actionable feedback from the community.
Indie hackers are less likely to pay for this kind of thing (or test their APIs at all!)
I'd try to figure out what version of this scaling startups would want.
Thanks @alchemist, what you said makes sense and your advice about trying to figure out what version of this scaling startups would want gives me direction as to where I can look for this kind of clients/customers. Thanks.
I don't see how you would be able to write useful tests without the customer spending a bunch of time spacing their API or walking you through the business logic. If on the other hand, the testing is only up/down level of testing is there enough value there?
Thanks @jamesfmac, totally agree to what you say. But my value proposition would be, I will call each of the endpoints for the customer and store the snapshot of the response. Every time there is a change, the same tests can be run and that will check the response structure/schema and validate the data as well. The customers can then run those tests anytime they want.
To me, the snapshot imagery makes it much easier to understand how I would functionally use it.
99% sure IHs wouldn't pay for it but small funded startups might.
Sounds like a good idea if you can reach your target audience most likely CTOs.
I would write a few API tests for free if you can to get testimonials and examples you can show.
Thanks @volkandkaya, that sounds like a good idea a few API tests for free to get testimonials. Cheers.
Seems like a variant of a solution that exists in other forms already. I imagine some people would use it, but this is a pretty saturated market.
Thanks for the comment @wheresmycookie, I agree that it's a saturated market, but there are 2 variants here. First is you write your tests and CI tools just runs the test for you giving your results back. Other is service based model, wherein someone will write the test and hand it over and you are responsible for running them as you see fit.
I am giving both together. I will write the tests , maintain them and run them as well (on demand, on schedule etc). But thanks for your comment, though.