API Testing with Python : Frameworks, CI/CD, and Automation-Day 2

API Testing with Python: Frameworks, CI/CD, and Automation – Live Training

(Requests, Postman, Chai Assertions, JSON & XML Validation, GraphQL, CI/CD with Jenkins)

This API Testing with Python course provides a comprehensive understanding of API automation using Postman and Python Requests. It covers essential topics like REST API methods, JSON & XML validation, authentication techniques, and Chai assertions. You’ll also learn framework development, API chaining, GraphQL testing, and CI/CD integration with Jenkins. With hands-on projects and real-world examples, this course equips you with the skills to build robust API test automation frameworks and integrate them into a continuous testing pipeline.

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“API Testing with Python: Frameworks, CI/CD, and Automation “-Demo Video

“API Testing with Python: Frameworks, CI/CD, and Automation “-Day 1 Video

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What Will I learn by the End of this course?

✔ API Testing Fundamentals – Understand REST APIs, HTTP methods, and response validation.
✔ Postman for API Testing – Create and automate API requests, validate responses, and use variables.
✔ Python Requests Library – Write API automation scripts for GET, POST, PUT, DELETE methods.
✔ JSON & XML Validation – Parse and validate API responses using schemas.
✔ Authentication Methods – Work with API Keys, OAuth, Bearer Tokens, and other auth types.
✔ Chai Assertions & Test Scripting – Validate response status, headers, cookies, and body.
✔ Framework Development – Build an API testing framework with Python, Pytest, and logging.
✔ CI/CD Integration – Run API tests in Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and automate workflows.
✔ GraphQL Testing – Perform API testing for GraphQL queries and mutations.

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Salient Features:

• 45 Hours of Live Training along with recorded videos
• Lifetime access to the recorded videos
• Course Completion Certificate

Who can enroll in this course?

✅ Beginners in API Testing – Anyone looking to start their journey in API testing.
✅ Manual Testers – QA professionals who want to transition into API automation.
✅ Automation Testers – Testers who want to enhance their skills with API automation using Python.
✅ Developers – Software engineers who want to test APIs efficiently in their development process.
✅ DevOps & CI/CD Engineers – Professionals looking to integrate API testing into CI/CD pipelines.
✅ Students & Job Seekers – Anyone aiming for a career in software testing or automation.

Course syllabus:

Module 1: Introduction to API Testing

• Client-Server Architecture
  • Understanding the Basic Architecture
  • Roles of Client and Server

• API Basics
  • What is an API?
  • Why API Testing is Needed?
  • Types of APIs
  • SOAP vs. REST

• Understanding Web Services
  • API vs. Web Service
  • REST API Fundamentals
  • REST API Methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
  • HTTP vs. HTTPS
  • HTTP Status Codes

Module 2: API Testing with Postman

• Postman Introduction
  • Postman Installation
  • Creating Workspace
  • Creating Collections
  • Creating HTTP Requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
  • Saving & Editing Requests
  • Operations on Collections
• Response Validation
  • Status Codes
  • Cookies
  • Headers
  • Response Body
  • Schema

• Exporting & Importing Collections
• Creating Dummy APIs for API Testing
  • NodeJS Installation
  • JSON-Server Installation
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) & JSON Path
  • What is JSON?
  • Understanding JSON Object & JSON Array
  • JSON Path
• Validating Responses (Chai Assertions)
  • Testing Status Codes
  • Testing Headers
  • Testing Cookies
  • Testing Response Time
  • Testing Response Body
• Scripts in Postman
  • Pre-request Scripts
  • Test Scripts (Post Response Scripts)
  • JSON Schema Validation
• Working with Variables
  • Global Variables
  • Collection Variables
  • Environment Variables
  • Local Variables
  • Data Variables
  • Set, Get & Unset Variables with Scripts
• Postman Console
• Chaining Requests
• Customize Collection Run Order(Work flow)
• Working with Data Variables/External Variables
• Data-Driven Testing
  • Using JSON Files
  • Using CSV Files
• File Upload & Download API Requests
• Authorization Types
  • Basic Authorization
  • Digest Authorization
  • API Key
  • Bearer Token
  • OAuth2
• Project Work -Online Store
  • API testing Reference documents
  • Writing API Test Cases
  • Creating Collections & Adding Requests
  • Adding Scripts (Chai Assertions)
  • Running Collections Manually
  • Scheduling Runs
• Newman CLI
  • Install Newman
  • Install newman-reporter-html for Reporting
  • Exporting and Sharing Collections from Postman
  • Run Collections Locally via Command Prompt
  • Push Collections to GitHub and Run in Jenkins
• Postman CLI
  • Install Postman CLI
  • Use Postman CLI to Run a Collection from Command Line
  • Set Up GitHub Actions with Postman CLI to Run Collections in CI/CD Pipeline

• Documenting APIs
  • Create Public Documentation
  • Write Markdown Descriptions at Request, Folder, or Collection Level
  • Embed “Run in Postman” Button with Documentation
  • Preview Docs Before Publishing
  • Publish to API Network
  • Swagger
  • cURL
• Mocking APIs
  • Set Up Mock Servers
  • Create Dynamic Mock Responses
• Performance Testing
  • Run a performance test
  • Types of Load profiles in Postman
  • View performance test metrics
  • Inject data into virtual users
• GraphQL
  • What is GraphQL?
  • GraphQL vs REST
  • GraphQL Core Concepts
  • GraphQL Queries – Fetching data
  • GraphQL Mutations – Writing data
  • GraphQL Subscriptions – Realtime updates
  • Create GraphQL requests in Postman
  • Postman GraphQL interface

Module 3: API Testing with Python Requests

• Introduction to the Requests Module
• • Overview and Importance

• Setting up a Project
  • Install Python & Pycharm IDE
  • Creating Project & Add dependencies
  • Configuring IDE and pyTest

• Writing API Automation Scripts
  • HTTP Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
  • Different ways to Create Request Body/Payload
    • Using HashMap
    • Using org.json library
    • Using POJO Class
    • Using External JSON File

• • Handling Parameters
  • Path Parameters
  • Query Parameters
  • Headers and Cookies

• Authentication Types
  • Basic Authentication
  • Digest Authentication
  • Preemptive Authentication
  • OAuth 1 and OAuth 2

• File Upload & Download (Form parameters)
• Parsing Response Body
• • Parsing JSON and XML Response body
  • JSON Schema and XML Schema/XSD Validations

• Advanced Requests Features
  • API Chaining
  • Serialization and Deserialization
  • Request and Response Specification Builders
  • Root Path
  • Logging

• Requests with GraphQL
• • Handling GraphQL Queries
  • Handling GraphQL Mutations

• Framework Development
  • Building a Requests Framework
  • Creating Maven Project & Folder Structure
  • API End Point(Routes)
  • Understanding Schemas & Models
  • Creating of POJO Classes
  • Creating Payloads
  • Creating Configuration & Test Data files
  • Creating API Tests and add validations
  • Generating Extent & Allure Reports
  • Running Tests using pyTest(Serial & Parallel mode)

• CI & CD
  • Working with Git & Github
  • Integration with Jenkins