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+# servant-quickcheck
+
+`servant-quickcheck` provides tools to test properties across entire APIs.
+Rather than writing the same tests for each endpoint, with `servant-quickcheck`
+you can simply specify properties every endpoint must meet once and for all.
+For example:
+
+``` haskell
+followsBestPractices :: Spec
+followsBestPractices = describe "my API" $ do
+
+  it "follows best practices" $ do
+    withServantServer myAPI myServer $ \burl ->
+      serverSatisfies api burl stdArgs
+           ( not500
+         <%> onlyJsonObjects
+         <%> getsHaveCacheControlHeader
+         <%> headsHaveCacheControlHeader
+         <%> mempty)
+```
+
+Additionally, `servant-quickcheck` provides a `serversEqual` function that
+generates arbitrary requests (that conform to the description of an API) and
+tests that two servers respond identically to them. This can be useful when
+refactoring or rewriting an API that should not change.