Rest API Testing from commandline

Question

I am preparing a SDK, and SDK as of now, does not have CI system separately.

I want to test some REST endpoints which should be available when the user uses SDK to create the software and try to run with our framework.

I have written all the manual steps in shell script and planning to put the script as crontab to run it every few hours.

Now, for rest end point testing, I was thinking of just using curl and checking if we getting data back. but this can turn into a lot of work,as we expand the functionality. I looked into frisby framework which kind of suits my needs.

Is there any recommendation for allowing me to test rest services when the framework software is started.

Answer 1

Probably swat is exactly what you need. Reasons :

• This is DSL for web, rest services test automation
• it uses curl command line API to create http requests
• it is both DSL and command line tool to run test scenarios written on DSL
• it is configurable both from bash style scripts and general configs
• it is very easy to start with
• probably in your case curl based test cases could be easily converted into swat DSL format

(*) disclosure - I am the author of swat.