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Writing API Tests with Karate

By : Benjamin Bischoff
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Writing API Tests with Karate

By: Benjamin Bischoff

Overview of this book

Software in recent years is moving away from centralized systems and monoliths to smaller, scalable components that communicate with each other through APIs. Testing these communication interfaces is becoming increasingly important to ensure the security, performance, and extensibility of the software. A powerful tool to achieve safe and robust applications is Karate, an easy-to-use, and powerful software testing framework. In this book, you’ll work with different modules of karate to get tailored solutions for modern test challenges. You’ll be exploring interface testing, UI testing as well as performance testing. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use the Karate framework in your software development lifecycle to make your APIs and applications robust and trustworthy.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1:Karate Basics
7
Part 2:Advanced Karate Functionalities

To get the most out of this book

Basic Java and JavaScript knowledge, as well as a basic understanding of the testing methodology, will help you to find your way around faster. However, in this book, I also try to cover the required aspects in a way that is understandable even without this knowledge.

Software covered in the book

Operating system requirements

Java SDK

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Maven

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Karate Standalone

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Google Chrome

Windows, macOS, or Linux

IntelliJ IDEA

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Visual Studio Code

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Postman

Windows, macOS, or Linux

MySQL

Windows, macOS, or Linux

phpMyAdmin

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Git

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Docker

Windows, macOS, or Linux

You will not need any commercial software or tools to follow along. I deliberately wanted to use free and open source software so everyone can use it without spending additional money.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.