# Postman Level Up: Quick API Testing with Snippets

Do you hate [writing API tests](https://learning.postman.com/docs/writing-scripts/test-scripts/) even though you recognize that they’re really valuable? You’re not alone. It’s almost universally agreed upon that [API testing](https://www.postman.com/api-platform/api-testing/) is both necessary and highly beneficial. But far too often, testing gets pushed to the back burner and becomes an afterthought. **Related: [Use the API Templates for Testing](https://www.postman.com/templates/collections/tags/testing/)** Thankfully, Postman has some built-in features to help you get started with testing quickly and proactively. Postman provides a suite of pre-made, customizable test scripts—also known as snippets—that allow you to implement tests in your [requests](https://learning.postman.com/docs/sending-requests/requests/) with just a few clicks. These templates are simple to use and give you the tools to test for specific status code responses, determining if the response body contains a specific string, and much more.

## Watch and learn

 Check out our 2-minute Postman [Level Up](https://blog.postman.com/introducing-level-up-postman-videos/) video tutorial to get started using customizable snippets for testing: