Experience Report: Web API Automation

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Paul Farrell

Lead Test Automation Enginner

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Summary

Watch Paul Farrell's Experience Report on Web API Automation from Test.bash('Online'): 2020

Challenge Description

Application

The application for this challenge is Restful Booker Platform. More about the application is available here. You can also ask questions related to the application there.

The Challenges:

Complete these challenges using any tooling of your choice.

Beginner:

Perform a GET request on the branding API and assert the response.

Intermediate:

Create a new Room using the Rom API and assert it was successfully created. Tip, you’ll need to also need to prove you are authenticated by calling the Auth API and saving the token!

Advanced:

Create a solution/framework that allows you to test all the APIs. You’ll need to include tests for:

  • Branding: GET, PUT
  • Room: GET, PUT, POST, DELETE
  • Booking: GET, PUT, POST, DELETE
  • Auth: POST. Login, logout, validate
  • Report: GET
  • Messaging: GET, POST,

Bonus, test that you can mark a message as read.

Lead Test Automation Enginner
Testing since 2012. Current Test Automation Lead at Gear4music.com I'm mostly known as "The Postman Guy" but I enjoy other avenues of Software Testing
Lead Test Automation Enginner
Testing since 2012. Current Test Automation Lead at Gear4music.com I'm mostly known as "The Postman Guy" but I enjoy other avenues of Software Testing
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