AutomationExercise_API_Testing
🚀 API Testing using Postman and Newman
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👓 Overview
This project focuses on testing the API of https://automationexercise.com/, an online platform for practicing API testing. Created a Postman test collection, tested it manually in Postman, and integrated Newman with GitHub Actions to execute the tests in CI pipeline, ensuring continuous API quality and reliability. ***
🏁 Getting Started
🔤 Prerequisites
🪛 Installation
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/anikush-yes/AutomationExercise_API_Testing.git
- Navigate to the project folder:
cd AutomationExercise_API_Testing (Or the name You gave)
- Install dependencies (if required for Newman execution):
npm install -g newman
🏃♀️➡️ Running API Tests
### 1.Using Postman
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Import the AutomationExercise_API_Testing.postman_collection.json into Postman
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Set API base URL https://automationexercise.com/api/ in Postman environment variables
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Run the collection manually
2.Using Newman
- To run the tests from the command line, use the following command:
npm test
3.Using GitHub Actions
- Manually trigger workflow “Postman Newman Tests” from the GitHub Actions tab via “Run workflow”
💞 Expected Results
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All valid requests should return 200 OK.
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Invalid requests should return proper error messages (400/404/405).
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API response times should be under 1000ms.
📥📤 API Endpoints Tested
1. Products
GET /productsList - Retrieve all products
POST /productsList - Verify invalid request handling
2. Brands
GET /brandsList - Retrieve all brands
PUT /brandsList - Verify method not supported
3. Search
POST /searchProduct - Search for products
POST /searchProduct (without parameter) - Verify bad request handling
4. User Authentication
POST /verifyLogin - Verify login with valid credentials
POST /verifyLogin (without email) - Verify error handling
POST /verifyLogin (invalid details) - Check invalid login attempt
DELETE /verifyLogin - Verify unsupported method handling
5. User Account Management
POST /createAccount - Create a new user
PUT /updateAccount - Update user details
GET /getUserDetailByEmail - Retrieve user details
DELETE /deleteAccount - Delete user account
6. Negative Path Testing
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Invalid product search
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Account creation without required fields
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Retrieving non-existent user account
📥📤 Example Request & Response
GET /productsList
📥Request:
GET /productsList HTTP/1.1
Host:
📤Response:
{
"responseCode": 200,
"products": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "T-shirt",
"price": "15.99",
"brand": "Nike",
"category": {
"usertype": {
"usertype": "Men"
},
"category": "Clothing"
}
}
]
}
POST /searchProduct
📥 Request:
POST /searchProduct HTTP/1.1
Host:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
search_product=jeans
📤 Response:
{
"responseCode": 200,
"products": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "Blue Jeans",
"price": "49.99",
"brand": "Levi's",
"category": {
"usertype": {
"usertype": "Men"
},
"category": "Clothing"
}
}
]
}
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📝 Notes
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Ensure the API base URL is correctly set before running the tests.
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Some tests rely on valid user credentials, update them as needed.
🪪 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. ***
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