gavv/httpexpect

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2725 stars · 242 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

httpexpect is a Go library providing concise, declarative end-to-end HTTP and REST API testing via chainable request builders and response/payload assertions. It supports JSON, forms, JSON Schema validation, JSONPath queries, and WebSocket testing on top of net/http.

Use cases

• test REST API endpoints in Go
• assert HTTP response status headers and JSON payloads
• validate API responses against JSON Schema
• test WebSocket servers from Go
• write end-to-end tests for HTTP services
• query JSON responses with JSONPath in tests

When to choose

• you write Go tests for HTTP/REST APIs and want fluent, chainable assertions
• you need JSON Schema validation or JSONPath queries inside API tests
• you want readable failure output with JSON diffs and testify integration

When to avoid

• you test non-HTTP protocols or need load/performance testing rather than functional testing
• your stack is not Go
• you only need a plain HTTP client without assertion helpers

Facets

library · maturity stable

testing e2e-testing http-client websocket testing apis web-development developer-tools go cli http-testing rest-api assertions json-schema jsonpath declarative

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