Api testing
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Design and organize API tests (Postman/Newman, REST Assured, or similar). Use when building an API test suite or collection, including via an agent driving Postman. Covers structure, assertions, environments, and CI.
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API Testing
Test the contract and the behavior, across environments, in CI.
Do
- Organize by resource/flow; use environments/variables for base URL, tokens, and ids.
- Assert status code and response schema/shape and key field values.
- Cover happy path, validation errors (4xx), auth failures, and edge inputs.
- Chain requests via captured variables (create → read → update → delete) and clean up after.
- Run collections headless in CI (Newman /
mvn) and gate merges on them. - Keep secrets in environment/secret stores.
Don't
- Don't hardcode tokens, ids, or hostnames into requests.
- Don't assert only on the status code — validate the body.
- Don't leave created data behind; clean up or use disposable data.
- Don't rely on a specific run order unless the flow genuinely requires it.
- Don't point tests at production without explicit intent.