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Writing API Tests with Karate

Writing API Tests with Karate

By : Benjamin Bischoff
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Writing API Tests with Karate

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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.
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Part 1:Karate Basics
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Part 1:Karate Basics
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Chapter 1: Introducing Karate’s Core Concepts
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Chapter 1: Introducing Karate’s Core Concepts
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Technical requirements
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What makes Karate stand out?
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BDD versus Karate
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Supported data types in Karate
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The JavaScript engine
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Java interoperability
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Summary
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Chapter 2: Setting up Your Karate Project
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Chapter 2: Setting up Your Karate Project
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Technical requirements
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Installing Java
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Getting to know Karate standalone
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Preparing the IDE
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Setting up Karate projects with Maven
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The roles of the different Karate project files
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Chapter 3: Writing Basic Karate Tests
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Chapter 3: Writing Basic Karate Tests
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Technical requirements
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Exploring the API under test
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Creating a new Karate project
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Calling endpoints and setting parameters
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Matching status codes and responses
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Using assertions and matchers on the response
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Making requests with payloads
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Using variables and data tables
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Using data tables
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Chapter 4: Running Karate Tests
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Chapter 4: Running Karate Tests
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Technical requirements
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Running and debugging Karate tests through the IDE
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Running tests with Maven
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Running tests against different environments
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Running specific tests
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Filtering tests by tags
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Chapter 5: Reporting and Logging
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Chapter 5: Reporting and Logging
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Technical requirements
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Configuring log options
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Using Karate’s built-in reports
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Configuring third-party report libraries
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Generating a Surefire report
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Using JUnit reports
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Part 2:Advanced Karate Functionalities
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Part 2:Advanced Karate Functionalities
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Chapter 6: More Advanced Karate Features
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Chapter 6: More Advanced Karate Features
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Technical requirements
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Working with headers and cookies
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Using different configuration and run options
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Defining and using expressions with def
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Working with external files
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Understanding JSONPath and XPath
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Testing GraphQL
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Chapter 7: Customizing and Optimizing Karate Tests
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Chapter 7: Customizing and Optimizing Karate Tests
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Technical requirements
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Using Karate hooks
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Defining and calling Java functions
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Using Karate as a mock server
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Making your tests more concise
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Chapter 8: Karate in Docker and CI/CD pipelines
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Chapter 8: Karate in Docker and CI/CD pipelines
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Technical requirements
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Triggering Karate tests from shell scripts
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Running Karate tests in a Docker container
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Customizing our tests
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Integrating Karate tests into GitHub workflows
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Chapter 9: Karate UI for Browser Testing
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Chapter 9: Karate UI for Browser Testing
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Technical requirements
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What Karate UI is for
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Writing a basic Chrome scenario
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Finding and interacting with elements
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Debugging UI tests
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Redirecting HTTP calls
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Chapter 10: Performance Testing with Karate Gatling
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Chapter 10: Performance Testing with Karate Gatling
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Technical requirements
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What is Gatling?
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Setting up Karate Gatling
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Running Karate tests as performance tests
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Checking out Gatling reports
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Index
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Index
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What Karate UI is for

The purpose of end-to-end (E2E) testing starting with the UI is to get a full picture of the application from the frontend—including JavaScript and CSS frameworks, cookie handling, and so on—all the way to the backend with its microservices, data storage, caches, and APIs.

This kind of testing is usually much slower and more error prone than pure API testing but at the same time, it paints a better picture of the state of the application. Consider this: if one API does not function properly, that does not necessarily mean that the functionality of the web application is restricted. If a full browser-based E2E test has a legitimate failure, the application is likely unusable.

There are many different browser testing tools available in today’s market. One of the oldest and most well-known is Selenium (https://www.selenium.dev). This project established the W3C WebDriver protocol, which is used to automate interactions with web browsers...

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