Hi there,
I would like your input on automating a REST api application.
I have TC and mostly using JScript but I could use C# if needed.
Our webApi is set up on Windows server 2008 and I do have a URL to it. Currently I am testing this manually using POSTMAN and I would like to automate it.
How do I automate this one from a windows 8,10 machines where TC is installed ? What kind of project ? how do I start ?
Any help would be appreciated,
There are two approaches.
One is to use the existing SoapUI tool provided by SmartBear and use that to create your API tests and then integrate them into TestComplete. Now, something that is not clear in the documentation is if you need the full paid version of SoapUI NG tool or if the free one will integrate as well... something for someone like HKosova to answer. In any case, this provides a direct integration between a tool SPECIFICALLY designed for testing API and the TestComplete scripting engine.
The other approach is one that I've used in the past where I programmatically created code using the MSXML2.HTTPXML and MSXML2.DOMDocument objects provided by Microsoft and build my own set of tests where I'd send requests and process the results I received back. This, obviously, takes a little bit more work but if you can write the code, then I say go for it.
AlumniI'd say use the right tool for the job. In this case, SoapUI (free, open source) or SoapUI NG Pro (commercial, part of Ready! API). Both provide assertions, data-driven testing, built-in support for various authentication types (Basic, OAuth2, etc.), command-line interface aka testrunner, and much more.
Ready! API also has a Postman plugin that lets you import Postman collections.
You can run SoapUI and Ready! API tests from TestComplete. You can also run TestComplete tests from Ready! API (but not from the free SoapUI).
tristaanogre wrote:
Now, something that is not clear in the documentation is if you need the full paid version of SoapUI NG tool or if the free one will integrate as well...
TestComplete can run both SoapUI (free) and SoapUI NG / Ready! API tests.
Thank you both. It will be my first time doing this. Can I just use an existing project ? or I need to create another type of projects ? Is there some examples somewhere about this ? Basically I need to post JSON and XML stuff. JSON is the main.
I haven't had the pleasure of working with the SoapUI integration myself so I can't really help a lot there.
However, to add the integration piece to your project (assuming you are licensed for web based testing), just right click on the project node in your project explorer, select Add -> New Item and then grab the Ready API/Soap UI item from the list.
There are some tutorials and documentation available on line on how to go about doing the work. I think HKosova has already linked to some of them.
