API Test Automation Workshop

• Interactive activities/simulations to help understand the essence and concepts
• Open discussion and dynamic format
• Customizable

Post training, if your team needs help, we’ll be happy to assist your team.

• Getting started (4 hours)
  • Module 1 – Test pyramid
  • Module 2 – Introduction to Web Services
  • Module 3 – Introduction to Karate
  • Module 4 – Automate API tests using Karate
  • Assignment 1

• Deep-dive (4 hours)
  • Module 5 – Automate API tests using Karate
  • Module 6 – Data Driven tests
  • Module 7 – Test categorization
  • Module 8 – Parallel execution
  • Module 9 – Scaling your implementation
  • Module 10 – Custom functions
  • Module 11 – Reporting
  • Assignment 2

At the end of this workshop the team will be able to:

• Understand the importance of the Test pyramid and where API tests fit
• Learn the fundamentals of API testing (at individual API and Workflow level)
• Understand how REST requests work so you can effectively test them
• Implement request set up and assertions to test REST services with Karate and Postman
• Learn how to analyse Karate reports and logs
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• Getting Started (4 hours)

   

• Module 1 – Test pyramid

  • Test Exercise
  • Understand the need of testing at API Layer
  • Understanding the test pyramid
    • Types of tests
    • Roles
    • Where to test what layer?

   

• Module 2 – Introduction to Web Services

  • Understand What, Why and How of Web Services
  • Types of Web Services
  • Structure of a API
  • Introduction to SOAP & RESTful services
  • REST vs SOAP

   

• Module 3 – Introduction to Karate

  • Intro to BDD – Feature files
  • Introduction to Karate
  • Setup karate using Maven/Gradle
  • Configuring Karate
  • Running the Karate tests and seeing results in default reporter & karate.log

   

• Module 4 – Automate API tests using Karate

  • Resources methods/verbs
  • Automation Exercise
    • GET
    • GET with Path Parameters
    • GET with Query Parameters
    • POST
      • API Authentication and Authorization
      • Setting headers with auth tokens
      • JSON Body
  • Debugging
  • Automation Exercise: Build Workflow using GET / POST
  • Extracting values from responses and using in subsequent calls

   

• Assignment 1

  • PUT & DELETE – Explain the API, examples of usage
  • Automate & validate
  • Exercise: Extend/build new workflow using combination of above

• Deep Dive (4 hours)

   

• Module 5 – Automate API tests using Karate

  • Request headers
  • Response headers
  • Response validations with Karate
  • Understanding JSON and writing JsonPaths
  • Assertions
  • Schema validations

   

• Module 6 – Data Driven tests

  • CSV files
  • YAML files
  • Data Tables

   

• Module 7 – Test categorization

  • Add tags in tests
  • Run specific tests based on tags

   

• Module 8 – Parallel execution

  • Criteria for parallel test execution
  • Configuring tests for parallel execution

   

• Module 9 – Scaling your implementation

  • Reuse the feature files
    • How to specify parameters
    • Different ways to get return values from called scenario
    • Calling scenarios in loop

   

• Module 10 – Custom functions

  • Call java/js scripts in the feature files

   

• Module 11 – Reporting

  • Default reporters
  • Custom reporters

   

• Assignment 2

  • Build end-to-end workflow tests based on above learning

• Method of Instruction

  Interactive Dialogues, Hands-on Exercises and Demos

  Transfer %

  Knowledge: 70%, Skill-Building: 30%

  Target Audience

  • Primary: Developers, QA, Automation Engineers/SDETs
  • Secondary: Technical Managers, Business Analysts, Architects

• Course Level

  Beginner to Intermediate

  Course Prerequisites

  • Required: Understanding of testing and automation in general
  • Highly Recommended: basic understanding of the life-cycle of software projects

• Machine Setup Instructions

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  Participants should have the following setup ready on their machine:

  • Latest Java SDK (> 1.8)
  • Set JAVA_HOME environment variable
  • Install IDE (IntelliJ Idea Community Edition is preferred)
  • Install and Setup Maven/Gradle
  • Latest Postman

• In-person Training Room Setup

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  • HDMI projector (1024×768 minimum) & Projector screen
  • 1 White board & Dry erase markers
  • Cluster seating with 5-6 people on each table
  • 1 Flip chart with the stand and marker pens for each table
  • Notepad and Pen for each participant

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