Exploratory API testing

Exploratory API testing with Postman and the test-k6 API.

TODO: add idempotent GET, DELETE, POST, PUT & PATCH tests

Newman

enter the below to find the collection UUID. It will be indentified by the name you give the collection after you upload it.

https://api.getpostman.com/collections?apikey={{postman_api_key}

MAIN FILE

$ newman run k6-main.postman_collection -e k6-environment.json -r htmlextra

OR

$ newman run https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{your_collection_uuid}}?apikey={{your_api_key}} -e k6-environment.json -r htmlextra

DATA-DRIVEN API TESTING

$ newman run k6-Names.postman_collection -e k6-environment.json -d names.csv -n 16 -r htmlextra

$ newman run k6-Base64.postman_collection -e k6-environment.json -d naughty-strings.csv -n 675 -r htmlextra

Tests

• Register account
• Login basic auth
• Login token auth
• Register with all valid Params
• Register with no Params
• Register with already-used username
• Register with invalid username
• View list of public crocodiles
• View List of my crocodiles in invalid Accept format
• View one public crocodile
• View list of my crocodiles
• View one of my crocodiles
• Edit one of my crocodiles
• Delete one of my crocodiles
• Create a crocodile with invalid date format
• Create a crocodile with required value as null
• Create a crocodile with non-accepted sex
• Create a crocodile with a too-long name
• Create names with formats that resemble name patterns found around the world (run alongside names.csv as k6-Names)
• Create a crocodile with naughty-string name (run alongside naughty-strings.csv as k6-Base64)
• View private crocodile that is not my crocodile
• Edit private crocodile that is not my crocodile
• Delete private crocodile that is not my crocodile
• Change a random private crocodile's characteristics
• Change a random private crocodile's characteristics with required field as null

How to use

• go to test-k6 and create an account to use for the private crocodiles
• for STN, add environmental variables base_url, mock_server, and api_key
• for k6, create test-k6 account, then add environment variables base_url, testk6Token, testk6Username, testk6Passord, and authorization
• Import into Postman

Postman Features used

• Environment
• Dynamic Variables
• custom variables
• Pre-request scripts
• Data-testing testing