aft-web-services
v12.1.1
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Automated Functional Testing (AFT) module for testing web services over HTTP and HTTPS
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AFT-Web-Services
provides simplified HTTP REST request and response testing support
Installation
> npm i aft-web-services
Usage
the aft-web-services package supports all standard HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and UPDATE by setting the HttpRequest.method field
GET
// perform GET request and return a response
let response: HttpResponse = await httpService.performRequest({url: 'https://reqres.in/api/users?page=2'});
// deserialise a JSON or XML response into an object
let respObj: ListUsersResponse = httpData.as<ListUsersResponse>(response);POST
// perform POST request and return a response
let response: HttpResponse = await httpService.performRequest({
url: 'https://reqres.in/api/users',
method: 'POST',
headers: {...HttpHeaders.ContentType.get(HttpHeaders.MimeType.applicationJson)},
postData: JSON.stringify({name: 'morpheus', job: 'leader'})
});
// deserialise a JSON or XML response into an object
let respObj: CreateUserResponse = httpData.as<CreateUserResponse>(response);Advantages
- using this package can automatically log the request and response details using a
aft-core.ReportingManagerthat can be passed in as part of theHttpRequestto maintain the samelogNamewithin a single test - the
aft-web-servicesclasses rely on asynchronous promises meaning no worrying about callbacks - built-in support for redirects (HTTP Status Code 302) and http or https requests
- XML and JSON response data can be easily deserialised to objects using the
httpData.as<T>(response: HttpResponse)function
NOTE:
XML to object deserialisation will use the following rules:
- element names become property names
- attributes become properties preceeded by an
@symbol inside the element object- element text content is rendered in a special property named
keyValueEx:
<html> <image src="./foo/bar/baz.jpg" /> <hr /> <span style="color:#808080" class="hidden rounded"> This is coloured </span> </html>will become:
{ "html": { "image": { "@src": "./foo/bar/baz.jpg", }, "hr": {}, "span": { "@style": "color:#808080", "@class": "hidden rounded", "keyValue": "This is coloured" } } }