API Testing Building Blocks

API Testing Building Blocks

These are the available building blocks for API testing.

Import REST Import SOAP REST Request SOAP Request Validation For Each Condition Data File SQL Proxy OCR Block Global Parameters Include Locker JavaScript

Import REST

REST = REpresentational State Transfer

This block allows the user to perform a REST import, the interface will look like this:

Actions

GET

POST

PUT

DELETE

Authentication

No authentication

Basic Authentication

Bearer Token

OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials

Import SOAP

SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol

This Block allows the user to perform a SOAP import, the interface will look like this:

REST Request

You must drag this block into the workspace.

SOAP Request

REST = REpresentational State Transfer

SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol

Validation

The VALIDATION block is used to verify that the output corresponds to what is expected.

The components of the VALIDATION block are:

An expression or value to validate

An operator

A datatype

Validation parameter 1:

Validation parameter 2:

 

For Each

The FOR EACH block allows you to perform loops (similar to “Do While”). FOR EACH can be nested.

Parameters:

Item

Select Object contains the object returned by the REST or SOAP request.

Condition

The CONDITION block functions as a decision point (IF / THEN / ELSE).

Parameters:

Expression or variable to be evaluated. Normally this comes from the REST REQUEST block.

Comparison operator

An expression to compare to

Data File

The DATA FILE block can be used when you are required to get any parameters needed for your test from DPL/Text file.

This block will help the user to read values from a file (CSV format and others) and use them as dynamic parameters in the REQUEST BLOCKS

Parameters:

File name

SQL

The SQL block allows you to retrieve data from a database in order to be used as parameters. This block will helps the user to read values from a RDB and provide

them as parameters for REQUEST BLOCKS

Depending on the particular needs of the testing, there will be 3 options:

No Data: You have to provide the parameters and the values for the URL

SQL: The data will come from a SQL file

CSV: the data will be coming from the CSV file DPL.

Proxy

You can configure proxy information as part of your API testing.

This building block was added in the 5.0.0 release of AIQ.

Use Web Proxy (HTTP)

Use Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)

Proxy Server

Port

Proxy Auth

Bypass Proxy Settings

OCR Block

You can add an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) block to your test.

Default name: ocr1

Has one input, accepts body from previous responses

When it is empty is shows the hint “Image”

Returns string of characters, recognized text separated by a newline character

This was added in the 5.2.0 release of AIQ.

Global Parameters

This is used as a Global Header. In each block you can add one or more headers that will be added to each subsequent request blocks.

This was added in the 5.2.0 release of AIQ.

Include

You can include files with your API test.

This was added in the 5.2.0 release of AIQ.

Locker

You now have the option to store the values of the results in a locker. This can be extremely useful if you are creating scripts in one of the AIQ Designers or Services Workbench, to allow you to store the data in the locker and reuse it in any script.

Whiteboard

Parameter

Key

Value

This was added in the 5.2.0 release of AIQ.

JavaScript

Allow you to include JavaScript in your API test.

This was added in the 5.2.0 release of AIQ.