API testing Beyond the Basics AI & Automation Techniques

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API testing Beyond the
Basics : AI & Automation
Techniques
Joyce Lin
Senior director of
developer relations
Pooja Mistry
Developer Advocate

3. Senior Director of Developer Relations
Joyce Lin
Developer Advocate
Pooja Mistry
@petuniaGray
@poojamakes

4. At the end of this session, you will be able to:
● Harness the automation capabilities of Postman to conduct tests across
diverse environments.
● Amplify the potential of Postman's scripting interface by incorporating
pre-request scripts, assertions, variables, and libraries.
● Employ Postbot, an AI-powered assistant that interprets natural language
input to aid in testing, debugging, data visualization, and data analysis.
● Cultivate proficiency in testing intricate API workflows, encompassing
scenarios with multiple API endpoints, conditional logic, and data
manipulation
Learning Objectives
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5. Agenda
1 What is testing in Postman?
2 Means of test automation
3 Postbot
5 Resources and Q&A
4 Demo
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6. ● Participate in the Poll
○ Which type of tests do you run in
Postman?
A little about you
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7. Do you even test APIs?

8. Tests and Test Results
Postman tests
– BDD assertions
● Chai.js BDD syntax
● pm.expect()
predicate expression
that can be evaluated
to a boolean value
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9. API Testing Methods
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10. Postbot, Postman’s new AI assistant
● Write tests
● Visualize responses
● Write FQL in Postman Flows
● Write documentation
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11. Demo
www.postman.com/postman/workspace/postman-intergalactic
Postbot testing
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12. Demo
https://www.postman.com/postman/workspace/test-examples-in-postman/
Test Automation
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13. Means of Test Automation
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14. Tips for writing better Postman tests
Group multiple
assertions
● Keep them logically
organized for those
who review the test
results and need to
debug issues
Use messages and
console
statements
● Provide visibility to
validate conditional
testing and execution
order
● Prepend custom
messages
Use descriptive,
consistent, or
dynamic test
names
● Use variables within
test names to provide
more detail, especially
if the same test is used
for multiple scenarios
or iterations
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15. @getpostman @petuniaGray @arlemi
loopdelicious.github.io/postman-skills/

16. What we learned today:
● Types of testing you can run in Postman
● Testing API workflows with Postbot
● Types of automation capabilities tests across diverse environments.
● Postman's collaboration features to manage test suites, share results with
team members
In summary
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17. Postman API Test Automation for Beginners - Valentin Despa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp5Jh2FIpF0
15 Days of Postman - for Testers
postman.com/postman/workspace/15-days-of-postman-for-testers/overview
Test examples in Postman
postman.com/postman/workspace/test-examples-in-postman/overview
Quickstarts: hands-on tutorials
quickstarts.postman.com
Additional Resources
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18. Please tell us about
your experience!
FEEDBACK SURVEY
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19. Thank You
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