rest-assured/rest-assured

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REST Assured is a Java DSL for testing and validating REST APIs with a fluent, dynamic-language-style syntax. It supports request specification, response validation of JSON/XML bodies, and multiple authentication mechanisms.

Use cases

• test rest api endpoints in java
• validate json responses from http services
• write integration tests for rest services
• test authenticated api endpoints
• assert xml responses with xpath
• automate api test suites

When to choose

• you're writing JVM-based tests for REST APIs and want a readable fluent DSL
• you need JSON/XML response validation with path expressions
• you want built-in support for auth mechanisms like basic, OAuth, digest

When to avoid

• you're testing non-HTTP services or message queues
• you need a non-JVM language stack
• you want browser-based end-to-end UI testing

Facets

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testing e2e-testing http-client serialization testing apis developer-tools web-development jvm cli rest-api-testing java-dsl api-automation json-validation xml-validation groovy kotlin

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