Description

REST Assured API is one of the most popular library when it comes to automating the REST APIs. Most of the today’s web applications are backed by the Micro services architecture and the REST APIs. Make no mistake, REST is gaining a lot of popularity amongst the developer community.

As a QA engineer, it becomes very important to test the REST APIs as a working API is crucial for a product. With great adoption of OAuth 2.0 and Open ID Connect authentication mechanisms, it also becomes important to build an in-depth understanding of these authentication mechanisms.

To speed up product delivery, the industry is gradually moving towards end to end continuous integration (CI) and continuous development/deployment process (CD). So it becomes critical that the backend API services are automated to facilitate and speed up this process.

This is where the role of a QA engineer becomes of utmost importance to be able to automate the backend API services.

This is why you would want to learn everything about the REST Assured library to confidently automate the REST APIs and lead the effort single handedly.

And, you have come to the right place!

Why this is the right course for you?

This REST Assured course is a one stop solution for all your API automation needs. This course will take you from the beginner level, all the way to be able to design and implement industry standard production ready API automation framework. By the end of the course, you will be confident enough to call yourself as an expert in the REST API automation space.

This is probably the only course that covers serialization and de-serialization in great detail and that too with complex POJO examples.

This is the only course that explains many of the authentication and authorization schemes in REST API, in a simple manner and with live examples. For OAuth2.0, we have covered two famous APIs – Google and Spotify.

This is the only course that values your precious time. Lectures are short, crisp and to the point. I have spent a great amount of time editing the videos so that you don’t have to waste your time just to learn a simple concept.

This course covers many topics you will not find in other courses, for e.g. Lombok, Jackson Databind API, JSON Assert, Hamcrest assertions, etc.

Before we start learning REST Assured and many of its cool features, I’ll spend a great amount of time to explain you about the API basics, the HTTP concepts, what is REST, the HTTP methods, POSTMAN, Mocking APIs, JSON and JSON Path and also the basics of Java Programming language. These are the essentials one must become familiar with before jumping on with the REST Assured automation.

I’ll explain you each and every REST Assured concept with live coding and I’ll not just write the code. I’ll also explain you what happens behind the scenes. This is the best way to learn something new. “Why” and “How” are more important than “What”!

You will learn how to think like a automation lead, how to plan and design the automation framework, how to think about optimizing the code, how to write clean tests and how to follow good programming practices. For e.g. you will always see me formatting the code (I hate poorly formatted code). It’s a small thing, but is very important!

So, “Rest Assured”, by the end of this course, you will become an expert!

What topics are covered in this course?

Short answer: Many.

Long answer: Here’s the list ->

   API Essentials
   Postman Essentials
   JSON Essentials
   HTTP Essentials
   Postman Mock Server
   Java Programming Basics
   Groovy JsonPath
   Jayway JsonPath
   Groovy Vs Jayway
   Rest Assured – Setup
   Rest Assured – Getting Started
   Rest Assured – Logging
   Rest Assured – Handling Headers
   Rest Assured – Automate Get
   Rest Assured – Hamcrest Assertion
   Rest Assured – Hamcrest Collection Matchers
   Serialization & De-serialization: Concept
   Serialization & De-serialization: POJOs
   Serialization & De-serialization: Role of Jackson API
   Serialization & De-serialization: HashMap to JSON object
   Serialization & De-serialization: ArrayList to JSON array
   Serialization & De-serialization: Jackson Annotations
   Serialization & De-serialization: Jackson ObjectMapper
   Serialization & De-serialization: Jackson ObjectNode
   Serialization & De-serialization: Jackson ArrayNode
   Serialization & De-serialization: Complex POJO Example
   Serialization & De-serialization: Full JSON body matching
   Serialization & De-serialization: Parameterization using TestNG Data provider
   Rest Assured – Request Specification
   Rest Assured – Response Specification
   Rest Assured – Automate Post, Put, Del
   Rest Assured – Multiple ways to send request payload
   Rest Assured – Complex JSON in request body
   Rest Assured – Request Parameters
   Rest Assured – Multipart Form Data
   Rest Assured – Form URL Encoded
   Rest Assured – File upload and download
   Rest Assured – JSON Schema Validation
   Rest Assured – Logging Filters
   Rest Assured – Configs
   Authentication schemes – Form/Session Based Authentication
   Authentication schemes – Session Filter
   Authentication schemes – CSRF Token
   Authentication schemes – Handling Cookies
   Authentication schemes – OAuth2.0
   Authentication schemes – OpenID Connect
   Authentication schemes – OAuth Vs Open ID Connect
   Authentication schemes – ID Token
   Authentication schemes – OAuth Authorization Grant Flow
   Authentication schemes – OAuth Implicit Grant Flow
   Authentication schemes – OAuth Client Credentials Flow
   Authentication schemes – Basic Authentication
   Authentication schemes – Digest Authentication
   Authentication schemes – Bearer Token
   Authentication schemes – APIKey
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Configure and setup client app for authorization code grant flow
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Fetch auth code, access token and refresh token
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Renew access token
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Automate Get User Profile API
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Automate Send Email API
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Implicit grant flow implementation
   Google OAuth 2.0 – Open ID connect flow implementation
   Spotify OAuth 2.0 – Configure and setup client app for authorization code grant flow
   Spotify OAuth 2.0 – Fetch auth code, access token and refresh token
   Spotify OAuth 2.0 – Renew access token
   Spotify OAuth 2.0 – Automate Playlist API

And here’re our Framework goals ->

   Scalable and extensible
   Reusable Rest Assured specifications
   Reusable Rest Assured API requests
   Separation of API layer from test layer
   POJOs for Serialization and Deserialization
   Singleton Design Pattern
   Lombok for reducing Boilerplate code
   Builder pattern for Setter methods in POJOs
   Robust reporting and logging using Allure
   Automate positive and negative scenarios
   Support parallel execution
   Data driven using TestNG Data Provider
   Automated access token renewal
   Maven command line execution
   Integration with Git
   Integration with Jenkins

And the tools and tech stack we are going to use ->

   Rest Assured
   TestNG
   Java
   Allure Reports
   Hamcrest
   Jackson API
   Lombok

What else is included in the course?

   All the code/notes used in the lectures is available for download
   You will get my full support in the Q&A

Who this course is for:

   In general, this course is for anyone really looking to gain a true and in-depth understanding of Rest Assured and REST API automation
   This course is designed for any QA Engineer looking to acquire API automation skills without any prior knowledge
   Take this course if you are an automation engineer looking to lead API automation effort single handedly from scratch
   Take this course if you are looking to learn how to design and implement a production level API automation framework and integrate with CI
   Take this course if you are a software developer looking to automate Rest APIs using Rest Assured

Requirements

   ***You do not need any prior REST API working experience to get started with the course***
   ***Basic Java Programming is covered in the course, so do not worry if you do not have much Java background***
   ***No other knowledge required, except for willingness to learn and perform hands-on while you go through the course***
   ***Do not worry if you face any issue, I’m always available in the Q&A to quickly help you out***

Last Updated 5/2021