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Workshop: An Introduction to API Automation with Javascript
The document outlines a workshop on API automation, focusing on concepts such as what an API is, its benefits, and tools for API testing. It presents a checklist for effective API testing and guides participants through setting up and executing API tests using Pactum and Mocha. Additionally, the document covers topics like valid responses, error handling, schema validation, and practical examples of testing workflows with APIs.
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Workshop: An Introduction to API Automation with Javascript
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- 2. Julia Pottinger Head ofTraining and Development youtube.com/juliapottinger ailuj876 juliapottinger.com TestAutomationU linkedin.com/in/julia-pottinger/
- 3. What is anAPI? API is the acronym for Application Programming Interface, which is a software intermediary that allows two applications to talk to each other. @ailuj876
- 4. AUTOMATION Benefits Greater teststability Language independence Faster test results Reduced costs Improved Test Coverage Earlier Bug Fix API @ailuj876
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- 8. HTTP API Requests GET Retrievesresources POST PUT DELETE Creates resources Changes and/or replaces resources or collections Deletes resources @ailuj876
- 9. API Responses 100 -199 Information Response 200-299 Sucessful Responses 300-399 Redirection Messages 400-499 Client Error Responses 500-599 Server Error Responses @ailuj876
- 10. API Responses 200 OK- The request has succeeded. 201 Created - The request has been fulfilled. 400 Bad Request - The request could not be understood by the server 401 Unauthorized - requires user authentication or, authorization refused 404 Not Found - The requested resource could not be found. 500 Internal Server Error. 502 Bad Gateway @ailuj876
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- 13. Prioritize APIs Ensure APIsare properly documented Define the types of tests that you want to run Evaluate and select an API testing tool 1. 2. 3. 4. juliapottinger.com/api-testing-checklist @ailuj876
- 14. @ailuj876 Positive scenarios returna valid response Invalid requests return the correct error message Schema match Workflow and data persistence Response Payload - valid JSON body, correct field names, types, and values Application state before and after API call Security and authorization Response time Response Headers Things to Test 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
- 15. What we willbe automating today @ailuj876
- 16. Restful booker APIdocumentation https://restful-booker.herokuapp.com/apidoc/index.html @ailuj876 Create booking Update booking Get booking by ID Unauthorized Update Workflow
- 17. Import the postmancollection https://www.getpostman.com/collections/1d13a7a0eb5056cd6e04 @ailuj876
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- 19. Need NodeJS andNPM Check your node version @ailuj876 Or install node from https://nodejs.org/en/ I'll be using Visual Studio Code as the code editor node -v
- 20. Create project folder mkdirnext-level-api-automation @ailuj876 open the folder in your preferred code editor cd to folder and initialize NPM npm init -y
- 21. Pactum is neededto execute the API tests Mocha will be the test runner npm install pactum --save @ailuj876 Install Dependencies Pactum comes with assertions built in npm install mocha --save
- 23. Things to notewith Pactum spec keyword is used to make a request You then chain the request type - PUT, GET, POST pass in the URL for the API withJson contains the detail of the request body withHeaders is used for headers and authorization expectStatus validates the response status expectJsonSchema validates the Json Schema
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- 33. Activity - 20mins Using the Postman request, write code to UPDATE the booking, note you need Authorization code @ailuj876
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- 36. What happens ifwe miss a required parameter from our POST request body? @ailuj876
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- 38. Security and Authorization Fails securely respondssecurely to possible security attacks refuse calls to endpoints if user not permitted responds as expected to correct authorization- Bearer token, cookies etc Rate Limiting and throttling internal data representations are not shared in response body @ailuj876
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- 42. A schema isan outline, diagram, or model. In computing, schemas are often used to describe the structure of different types of data. Two common examples include database and XML schemas. What is a Schema @ailuj876
- 43. Automated testing. Ensuring qualityof client submitted data JSON Schema is a vocabulary that allows you to annotate and validate JSON documents. Validates data which is useful for: What is JSON Schema @ailuj876
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- 49. Activity - 10mins Update your Create Booking test to be verified with a schema @ailuj876
- 50. Handles workflows and datapersists throughout as expected @ailuj876
- 51. Create Booking and store Booking ID UseID to Get booking and validate details Delete Booking using booking ID Verify Flow Use Booking ID to Update booking Workflow @ailuj876
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