Tracks Rest API Case Study

Tracks REST API Case Study in Java using RestAssured

• src folder contains the Java code for the case study
• postman folder contains the saved collection for Postman REST GUI
• editions contains the code released with each edition of the book

For more details see the support page:

• compendiumdev.co.uk/page/tracksrestsupport

Tracks Docker

I now recommend using Docker to run Tracks, it seems easier than the Virtual Machine approach.

To run the v2.3.0 tests with Docker.

• Install Docker
• run the command to start tracks v 2.3.0 in Docker
  • docker run -p 80:80 eviltester/tracks:2.3.0
• visit http://localhost:80 and create an admin user named user with a password bitnami
  • Change the URL in the code TestEnvDefaults.java in test\java\api\version_2_3_0 from `` to http://localhost:80
    • If you created an admin user with a different username and password then change the username and password in the

For more information on the docker images used here, see:

• https://github.com/eviltester/tracksdocker

Mock Tracks

There are some sections in the code that use a mocktracks setup that used to be deployed to compendiumdev.co.uk

These are now available in a docker image.

Run with:

docker run -d -p 80:80 eviltester/mocktracks

Then the endpoints listed in the test code can be found at:

• http://localhost:80/apps/mocktracks/projectsjson.php
• http://localhost:80/apps/mocktracks/projectsxml.php
• http://localhost:80/apps/mocktracks/reflect.php

In the example code, replacing http://compendiumdev.co.uk with http://localhost:80

Editions Folder

The editions folder contains the code published with, and released for, each edition of the book "Automating and Testing a REST API".

The main source may be updated to keep pace with updated versions of Java or supporting libraries.

Changes in main source that differ from the book source in editions:

• changes from editions\edition001
  • pom.xml amended to use target Java 1.14 rather than 1.7
  • pom.xml amended to use updated version of Junit 4
    • api\version_2_3_0\environmentconfig changed so TestEnvDefaults.java uses localhost:80 as the URL

Deploy

To deploy:

docker tag tracks eviltester/tracks

docker tag tracks eviltester/tracks:version