API testing using Selenium

[Biplab]

Could you some one explain me how to test API using selenium or API
testing with selenium.

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Selenium is for browser based testing. How are you invoking your APIs manually?

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Biplab <bgbi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Could you some one explain me how to test API using selenium or API
testing with selenium.

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[Mark Collin]

Selenium is a designed to automate browser interactions. It is not an API
testing framework.

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[Priyanka Shetty]

I need a tool which I can use to test PHP API, Java API, C# API, Ruby API and Python API, Can I use Selenium for the same??

[sandeep srivastava]

Better read about testNG for java API testing. NUNIT for C#

 

http://www.testng.org

 

 

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[gopal thota]

If you want to test REST API using selenium. You can create a FF profile and install REST client in it.Open Webdriver with FF with profile and access the client url.and pass the api url and other parameters to the client.

If you can able to open client in browser , you can do anything using selenium

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Gopal

Thats a real convoluted way of doing API testing.

Assuming that you are going to be using Java, why not use resort to using HttpClient from apache, build your request, post/get them against your end point and then validate the response ?

IMO involving Selenium for doing things such as REST based API call testing is just an overkill and is bound to only add more pain and misery.

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[Varadharajan Srinivasan]

Selenium is for Browser automation

If you looking for a framework for API automatio, I suggest using RestAssured - https://code.google.com/p/rest-assured/

[Mukesh otwani]

Hi Biplab,

You can use HTTPClient to test API (Web Services).

I have create a post which cover request response in JSON and XML Format and I have covered one scenario as well.

You can check below post might be it will help you and you will get a base line to start with API testing

Web Service Testing using HTTPClient 

Note- It is freeware.

On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:57:38 AM UTC+5:30, Biplab wrote:

[Jon Thor Austen]

I would like to add 2 points about this question:

1.  I use Jmeter to do API testing because it is designed to do so: https://github.com/djangofan/launch-jmeter

2.  Using Selenium for 'load testing' would be silly BUT using Selenium for 'performance testing" along with using BrowserMob Proxy to generate .HAR performance artifacts that can be then analyzed, is a totally legit thing to do.  https://github.com/lightbody/browsermob-proxy

-Jon

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package automationFramework;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import java.net.URL;

import java.util.Scanner;

import org.json.JSONArray;

import org.json.JSONObject;

import org.testng.Reporter;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

@SuppressWarnings("unused")

public class RestAPI{

@Test

public void aptTesting() throws Exception {

try {

URL url = new URL("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=chicago&sensor=false&#8221");

HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

conn.setRequestMethod("GET");

conn.setRequestProperty("Accept”, “application/json", null);

if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {

throw new RuntimeException("HTTP error code:" + conn.getResponseCode());

}

Scanner scan = new Scanner(url.openStream());

String entireResponse = new String();

while (scan.hasNext())

entireResponse += scan.nextLine();

System.out.println("Response :" + entireResponse);

scan.close();

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(entireResponse );

String responseCode = obj.getString("status");

System.out.println("status :" + responseCode);

JSONArray arr = obj.getJSONArray("results");

for (int i = 0; i < arr.length(); i++) {

String placeid = arr.getJSONObject(i).getString("place_id");

System.out.println("Place id :"  + placeid);

String formatAddress = arr.getJSONObject(i).getString("formatted_address");

System.out.println("Address :" + formatAddress);

//validating Address as per the requirement

if(formatAddress.equalsIgnoreCase("Chicago, IL, USA"))

{

System.out.println("Address is as Expected");

}

else

{

System.out.println("Address is not as Expected");

}

}

conn.disconnect();

} catch (MalformedURLException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

} catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:57:38 AM UTC+5:30, Biplab wrote:

[Shirley Perkins]

API Testing Using Selenium WebDriver and Java: http://blog.testproject.io/2016/04/17/api-testing-using-selenium-webdriver-java/

[anemuday]

Check this:

Rest Assured

An easy way to automate the WebService APIs.

Thanks,

Uday

Selenium WebDriver Videos

[Nag Selenium]

Check this : We can do webservice testing automation using JerseyClient

 http://www.mkyong.com/webservices/jax-rs/restful-java-client-with-jersey-client/

Thanks

Nag

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[Vikram]

+1 REST Assured , found best in class.

Regards,
Vikram