MaxSoft IntelliAPI

Introduction

The main reason for developing this framework is to provide an easy way for Technical QA, Developer or Non-technical QA to perform API testing in an easy manner.

Advantages

• Ability to implement automated tests for an API within few minutes.
• Codeless API automation.
• Ability to validate backend databases.
• Tests can be designed even by a non- technical person.
• Human readable tests in business language and markdown syntax.
• Generation of an executable document.
• Generate a HTML report with test details for every test execution.
• Parallel execution.
• Live execution report.
• Automated emails for test execution summary with graphical representations.

Technologies/Frameworks Used

• Java
• Gauge Framework
• Rest Assured
• Apache POI
• Junit
• Apache Maven

Supported Platforms

• Windows
• Linux
• Mac OS

Supported Languages

• Java

Design Diagram

Pre Requisites

1. Java
2. Maven

Installing Gauge Core

On Windows

1. Install Chocolatey by executing the following command in an administrator command prompt.
   @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

2. Install Gauge by executing the following command in an administrator command prompt.
   choco install gauge

On MacOS

1. Update Homebrew.
   brew update

2. Install Gauge using Homebrew.
   brew install gauge

On Linux

1. First, add Gauge’s GPG key with this command.
   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 023EDB0B

2. Then add Gauge to the repository list using this command.
   echo deb https://dl.bintray.com/gauge/gauge-deb nightly main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

3. Finally, install Gauge using these commands.
   sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gauge

Installing Gauge Plugins

1. Open Command Prompt and execute following commands.
   gauge install java
gauge install html-report
gauge install json-report
gauge install xml-report
gauge install spectacle
gauge install flash

2. You can check the installation using the following command.
   gauge -v

   If the installation is success, it will output like this:

    Gauge version: <version number>
    Plugins
    -------
    flash (<version number>)
    html-report (<version number>)
    java (<version number>)
    json-report (<version number>)
    spectacle (<version number>)
    xml-report (<version number>)

Tested Versions

OS	Java Version	Maven Version	Gauge Version	Gauge Java Version
Windows 10 Enterprise	1.8.0_181	3.6.1	1.1.6	0.7.13
Windows 10 Enterprise	1.8.0_131	3.5.0	1.1.7	0.7.13
Windows 10	1.8.0_271	3.6.3	1.1.6	0.7.13
Ubuntu 18.04	1.8	3.6.3	1.1.7	0.7.13
MacOS Catalina v10.15.7	1.8.0_275	3.6.3	1.1.7	0.7.13

MaxSoft IntelliAPI Tutorials

1. MaxSoft IntelliAPI
2. MaxSoft IntelliAPI Documentation
3. How to use MaxSoft IntelliAPI for API Test Automation? — Tutorial 1
4. How to use MaxSoft IntelliAPI for API Test Automation? — Tutorial 2
5. How to use MaxSoft IntelliAPI for API Test Automation? — Tutorial 3
6. How to use MaxSoft IntelliAPI for API Test Automation? — Tutorial 4
7. How to use MaxSoft IntelliAPI for API Test Automation? — Tutorial 5

Building the MaxSoft IntelliAPI JAR File

1. Get a clone of this project.
2. Open the command prompt.
3. Navigate to the project directory.
   cd <project_dir>
4. Execute this command.
   mvn clean install -DskipTests

Testing the Project

1. Open the command prompt.
2. Navigate to the directory of the dev_regression_run.bat file.
   cd <project_dir\batch_files>
3. Enter the name of the .bat file and the extension.
   dev_regression_run.bat
4. Press Enter.

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License

MaxSoft IntelliAPI is released under MIT License

Copyright

Copyright 2021 MaxSoft.