Tests on the ServeRest API

API testing using Postman, node and newman (ServeRest documentation)

Technologies used

• Postman
• node v21.7.3
• newman 6.1.2
• newman-reporter-htmlextra

Environment settings

1. Install node

# installs NVM (Node Version Manager)
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
 
# download and install Node.js
nvm install 21.7.3

2. Install newman

npm install -g newman

3. Install newman-reporter-htmlextra

npm install -g newman-reporter-htmlextra

Run the tests

Through the Postman

• Import the environment and collection
• Run tests manually or automatedly

Through the newman

• Results in CLI

newman run serveRest.postman_collection.json -e serveRest_env.postman_environment.json -r cli

• Results in CLI and HTML page

newman run serveRest.postman_collection.json -e serveRest_env.postman_environment.json -r cli,htmlextra

Report

• To access the HTML page, simply access the "newman" folder generated in the root directory