📌 Automated API Testing with Postman & Newman

📖 Project Overview

This project demonstrates API test automation using Postman for test case design and Newman for execution. Additionally, it integrates with Jenkins to automate the testing process in a CI/CD pipeline.

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🛠 Technologies Used

✅ Postman - API testing tool for designing test cases. ✅ Newman - Command-line runner for executing Postman collections. ✅ Newman Reporter HTML Extra - Generates detailed HTML reports. ✅ Jenkins - Automates test execution in a CI/CD environment. ✅ GitHub - Version control system for managing test collections.

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🚀 Project Features

🔹 Create & Export API Test Cases in Postman - Design and export collections as .postman_collection.json. 🔹 Execute Tests via Newman - Run tests from the command line. 🔹 Generate HTML Reports - Store execution results in an easy-to-read format. 🔹 Automate Execution with Jenkins - Schedule and execute tests in a pipeline.

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📂 Project Structure

AutomatedAPITesting/
│── Postman/
│   ├── API-testing - Petstore API.postman_collection.json
│   ├── newman/ (Contains execution reports)
│── files/ (Additional test resources)
│── README.md

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⚙️ How to Use This Project

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/DevelUps/AutomatedAPITesting.git
cd AutomatedAPITesting

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

Ensure Node.js and Newman are installed:

npm install -g newman newman-reporter-htmlextra

3️⃣ Run API Tests with Newman

newman run Postman/API-testing\ -\ Petstore\ API.postman_collection.json -r htmlextra

After execution, an HTML report will be generated in the Postman/newman/ folder.

4️⃣ Automate Tests in Jenkins

• Configure a Jenkins Freestyle Project.
• Add a Build Step to execute the following command:

  newman run Postman/API-testing\ -\ Petstore\ API.postman_collection.json -r htmlextra

• Set up post-build actions to display the report.

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📌 Contributing

If you would like to contribute, fork the repository and submit a pull request with improvements!

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🔗 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use and modify it.

🚀 Happy Testing!