Setup

1. Download and install postman

2. Import collections from this repo

3. Download and install node.js

4. Install newman from cmd:

npm install -g newman

Decided to use environment variables because:

• global variables have lower precedence and can be overridden by environment variables
• seems more natural to use --environment option when running collection using newman

5. Install newman-reporter-htmlextra from cmd:

npm install -g newman-reporter-htmlextra

APIs used

REST

• BookCart API
• Library API

SOAP

• Numbers
• Calculator
• Country Info
• Temperature

Tools

Postman

Run collection with tests for BookCart API using Postman UI:

Newman

Run tests from a collection

newman run <collection_name.json> -e <environment_file.json>

Run tests from a collection and generate html report

newman run <collection_name.json> -e <environment_file.json> -r htmlextra

Run collection with tests for Library API using newman

Readings

• REST API - IBM
• REST API - RedHat
• SOAP vs REST - RedHat
• SOAP vs REST - SoapUI