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This course is a delight! I find that your tone of voice and the rythme at which you speak are perfect and very pedagogical! Everything is made crystal clear for us. Good job!
@@vdespa Got a job interview this week on this topic! If I get this this is entirely thanks to you so I will notify you here for sure! Keep on going with the good stuff.
I have done everything only confused part is, in 5th assignment I cannot understand to which collection I should push to github? Because there are 5 collections right? To which collection I should push these?
I recently completed this course and earned my badge, and I couldn't be more thrilled with the knowledge and skills I gained! The course offered a comprehensive introduction to API testing, detailed guidance on writing and automating API tests using Postman, and practical insights on integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. The hands-on assignments and real-world applications made the learning experience invaluable. Thank you to Valentin Despa and Postman for this exceptional and transformative course. Highly recommended!
this is BY FAR the best Postman API Test guide I've seen yet, very good entry level guide and everything is well explaiend and clear enough for anyone to understand
Thank you very much for this course! I'm glad I started to learn API automation with your training. Previously I knew just few things about test tabs, test snippents in postman and "run collection". Good luck in your future projects! 🙏
Thank you very much for such quality free content. Thanks to you, I gained wonderful new knowledge and managed to look at Postman from a new perspective.
Thanks for the tut. 2:09:40 I really need this, everytime I log in, I need to copy and paste my token or something to another endpoint. now after login or doing some requests, I could set the variable. that is really convenient.
APIs have always been the backbone of software development, the things is that "API" is a ver loose term that refers to any kind of software interface, back in the 1990s it was very common to use the term to refer to what functions/methods were public from a library and thus able to be called, that is the real meaning of it. That is why you should specify in the title REST APIs
Thanks for such a great course. I just wanted to point to some sort of flaky dealing in "Assignment 3 - Task 2" - The value of the "id" property matches the regular expression pattern: ^[A-Z0-9]{9}$. It seems that sometimes the "id" value could be with the hyphens like this (O0X_M9S8B) and this regexp won't match thus making a test fail. Maybe it would be great to adjust regexp for the future wanderers
Thank you very much Valentine for this course. For just one api, I can perform multiple tests. For example, to check if each of the parameters are required, I can make each field empty to see if it will produce a 400 status code error. I can also perform additional manual test on just one api. So in total for one api, I can have like 6 manual tests. Can you please explain how I can automate it so that I won't have to repeat the process.
Is the price now missing for each product? I dont see it in the response body right now. (Im at 2:34:08 "writing simple assertions against the response body")
Thanks for the video. I can only dedicate an hour a day to learning this program, and every day I have to register to get an API key and go through the setup process before starting the first assignment. Is there a way to save these settings to make the learning process quicker? problems: 1- in Assignment 2 > verfy you work > I get error for not using the pm.expect... but I have used the same code on all posts and gets. 2- on your video, time 2:43:26 I see no product price in the console.
@vdespa In Unit 1, Lesson 5, if I change the variable name from x-api-key to anything else, why does it return a 401? It still uses the api_key variable from the collection. Thanks!
beacuse in his Api (on the server) he searches for x-api-key in the header response to validate it. If u change it to anything else, the api will not find the api key. e.g. sudo code for you to understand: his APi if (header.contains(x-api-key){ const isvalid = validate(x-api-key) if(isvalid){ return 200 } }else return 401
If you refresh the page or comeback to this course the next day, you need to "Send" the "Register a new client" ONCE, use the token and replace it with the API key in the main collection > Edit page. If all your tests are passing in postman when you are running the collection manually but not in CLI and CLI>CI-CD, you need to edit the main collection and use the same API key for intial and current value section. I would appreciate if anyone can help on how to add the api in the secret environment rather than in the initial value section to run collectin with cli ci/cd.
@vdespa, I'm unsure if this is the appropriate place for my question. If not, could you direct me to relevant resources? I have a legacy collection for a mobile application that requires test creation. The task involves testing the business logic through API testing, simulating the user journey by making API calls in a specific order, and ensuring the expected outcomes. However, as I dive deeper, the test script's code is becoming large and complex. My questions: Is API testing a suitable method for testing business logic where the order of the request matters and the requests are dependent on each othe? Is it acceptable to have large and complex code in test scripts, in other word whtat is a large and a complex test in API testing world? Could you recommend more advanced resources for such scenarios? Thank you.
@vdespa I'm getting errors in Assignment 2, if I run individually it's getting passed but if I run from verify your work getting failed for almost 8 calls getting the below error, can you please help status > Get API status: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object FAIL products > Get all products: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object FAIL products > Get single product: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object FAIL clients > Register a new client: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
Hi valentin im getting stuck at assessment-create a new order api-its throwing bad request ...im doing the same steps as mentioned in the videos...plz let us know how to solve it....same issue is happening throughout the next set of assessments
Hello, I tried to create a Fork for 1st assignment, but I couldn't select the workspace mentioned in the Video. I can only Select My Workspace, which doesn't have the API required to continue the assignment.
Hello! If you followed step-by step through the video you should be able to select the workspace that was created by you earlier. Try to reproduce all steps one more time. And yes, your workspace can have the different name then author has.
Hey Valentino. Thank you for the amazing content. I got stuck on the assigment 1 due to the authentication. I don't understand why all requests don't need Autorization, but when I get to "Create a new order" I need to get the authorization from the parent "Order" (x-api-key). Seems that it is using 2 times the same key, but with different names, what makes it very confusing to me. Could you give me some tip, please? Thanks
Typically when you are reading public data you don't need auth. But when you create new data, you do. For example, on Amazon you can browse the products without being logged in. But to place an order, you need to log in.
Hi! ✅ Assignment #2 Why am I getting this error status > Get API status: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object Here is my script It looks good pm.test("status code is 200", function () { pm.expect(pm.response.code).to.eql(200); });
I see some people having trouble when Create a new order which is part of first assignment . Error is " Missing API key" Status: 402 Unauthorized. anyone has an answer to that or Mr valentine will honor us with an answer or explanation? Thank you.
Hi, I fixed by first create a new token(API key) with the POST Register a new client, than paste it to the Assigment#1 - POST Create a new order HEADERS like Key=x-api-key and the value is the newly generated API key.
Hello, I'm not sure why i got a fail in verify work request of assignment 4 that log "Product id is correct | AssertionError : expected undefined to deeply equal 1002", Can you help me for this?
Create a new Order post api is showing an error "Missing API key", i first get requestion from ''REGISTER A NEW CLIENT" then the forked workspace the "create new order " is running error free,but when i duplicate and run it it is showing the same error in assignment workspace. What to do ?
Hi Valentin, I have getting Status 401 and error message saying : Missing API key" though I have generate API key from my profile and assign it to the postman_api_key under the Assignment 1 collection. What I am doing wrong .? Please suggest
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@vdespa I'm getting errors in Assignment 2, if I run individually it's getting passed but if I run from verify your work getting failed for almost 8 calls getting the below error, can you please help status > Get API status: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object FAIL products > Get all products: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object FAIL products > Get single product: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object FAIL clients > Register a new client: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
@@cristiolteanu2831 yep this does the trick, thank you! I encountered the same issue - so as far as I understand on each assignment (I am on the second currently) you first perform the tasks in the initial collection (which is Valentino Artisan Coffee Shop); For the second Assignment after you complete the tasks (which are adding the status code 200 assertions to all requests) you then duplicate NOT every single request, BUT the whole folder including the requests - meaning you duplicate status, products, clients and orders folders - to Assignment 2 -> API requests folder. Don't forget to rename them to have the same names. Hope this helps. This is not very clearly underlined in the assignment description and can be easily omitted.
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This course is a delight! I find that your tone of voice and the rythme at which you speak are perfect and very pedagogical! Everything is made crystal clear for us. Good job!
@@zwartepeat3552 Glad to hear that. Thank you for your kind comment.
@@vdespa Got a job interview this week on this topic! If I get this this is entirely thanks to you so I will notify you here for sure! Keep on going with the good stuff.
@vdespa so basically API testing is used for both Manual et Automation
I have done everything only confused part is, in 5th assignment I cannot understand to which collection I should push to github? Because there are 5 collections right? To which collection I should push these?
I recently completed this course and earned my badge, and I couldn't be more thrilled with the knowledge and skills I gained! The course offered a comprehensive introduction to API testing, detailed guidance on writing and automating API tests using Postman, and practical insights on integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. The hands-on assignments and real-world applications made the learning experience invaluable. Thank you to Valentin Despa and Postman for this exceptional and transformative course. Highly recommended!
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this is BY FAR the best Postman API Test guide I've seen yet, very good entry level guide and everything is well explaiend and clear enough for anyone to understand
I'm a boomer and have no idea what you are talking about...but I'm excited
Hey boomer, I'm a cppnfs and i know a little about what he's talking about... I'm excited too
Don't call yourself a boomer man
Excellent material.
Recommend watching from start to finish.
Thank you very much for this course! I'm glad I started to learn API automation with your training. Previously I knew just few things about test tabs, test snippents in postman and "run collection". Good luck in your future projects! 🙏
Thank you very much for such quality free content. Thanks to you, I gained wonderful new knowledge and managed to look at Postman from a new perspective.
You're welcome!
The tutor is majestic, thank you!
Excellent course, thanks Valentin!
Highly recommended to everyone who wants to dive into the amazing world of API testing :)
Thanks for the tut. 2:09:40 I really need this, everytime I log in, I need to copy and paste my token or something to another endpoint. now after login or doing some requests, I could set the variable. that is really convenient.
Glad to hear you are improving your workflow. Thanks for your comment.
Amazing tutorial for Postman covering the automation topics. Thank you so much!
You bet, thanks for watching!
Please make video on Performance Testing using jmeter
really helped me a lot man, its awesome and most of all its usefull,
made my daily job so much easy
Glad to hear that, thanks for your comment!
This one is good
We want Jmeter or Jmeter DSL PERFORMANCE TESTING also
APIs have always been the backbone of software development, the things is that "API" is a ver loose term that refers to any kind of software interface, back in the 1990s it was very common to use the term to refer to what functions/methods were public from a library and thus able to be called, that is the real meaning of it. That is why you should specify in the title REST APIs
Incredible work done, Valentin! It was so easy to get through all of this. Huuuuge thanks!
Thank you! It is an excellent course, I learnt a lot, I am trying to apply it to improve my testing and my knowledge. ;-)
Thanks for such a great course. I just wanted to point to some sort of flaky dealing in "Assignment 3 - Task 2" - The value of the "id" property matches the regular expression pattern: ^[A-Z0-9]{9}$. It seems that sometimes the "id" value could be with the hyphens like this (O0X_M9S8B) and this regexp won't match thus making a test fail. Maybe it would be great to adjust regexp for the future wanderers
Nice catch. That's on purpose. The API has a bug that appears only from time to time.
I have been waiting for something like this for so long.
Great video, I have personally learnt a lot, continue bro
Great 👍
Too good explanation of callback function
Glad to hear, thanks!
Been waiting for something like this, thank you!
Awesome tutorial, thanks
Thankyou so much for the video it was helpful
That is an amazing course, Thanks!
Thank you very much Valentine for this course. For just one api, I can perform multiple tests. For example, to check if each of the parameters are required, I can make each field empty to see if it will produce a 400 status code error. I can also perform additional manual test on just one api. So in total for one api, I can have like 6 manual tests. Can you please explain how I can automate it so that I won't have to repeat the process.
You can automate this by writing tests, instead of doing them manually.
@@vdespa Can you do a video on this?
@@directedspeed Yes, this is it!
Thanks!
Thanks for your support!
Is the price now missing for each product? I dont see it in the response body right now. (Im at 2:34:08 "writing simple assertions against the response body")
same here, I don't see the price too.
Thanks for the video. I can only dedicate an hour a day to learning this program, and every day I have to register to get an API key and go through the setup process before starting the first assignment. Is there a way to save these settings to make the learning process quicker?
problems:
1- in Assignment 2 > verfy you work > I get error for not using the pm.expect... but I have used the same code on all posts and gets.
2- on your video, time 2:43:26 I see no product price in the console.
Thanks
Very good
@vdespa In Unit 1, Lesson 5, if I change the variable name from x-api-key to anything else, why does it return a 401? It still uses the api_key variable from the collection. Thanks!
beacuse in his Api (on the server) he searches for x-api-key in the header response to validate it. If u change it to anything else, the api will not find the api key.
e.g. sudo code for you to understand:
his APi
if (header.contains(x-api-key){
const isvalid = validate(x-api-key)
if(isvalid){
return 200
}
}else return 401
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If you refresh the page or comeback to this course the next day, you need to "Send" the "Register a new client" ONCE, use the token and replace it with the API key in the main collection > Edit page.
If all your tests are passing in postman when you are running the collection manually but not in CLI and CLI>CI-CD, you need to edit the main collection and use the same API key for intial and current value section.
I would appreciate if anyone can help on how to add the api in the secret environment rather than in the initial value section to run collectin with cli ci/cd.
Amazing video!
Thanks!
@vdespa, I'm unsure if this is the appropriate place for my question. If not, could you direct me to relevant resources?
I have a legacy collection for a mobile application that requires test creation. The task involves testing the business logic through API testing, simulating the user journey by making API calls in a specific order, and ensuring the expected outcomes. However, as I dive deeper, the test script's code is becoming large and complex.
My questions:
Is API testing a suitable method for testing business logic where the order of the request matters and the requests are dependent on each othe?
Is it acceptable to have large and complex code in test scripts, in other word whtat is a large and a complex test in API testing world?
Could you recommend more advanced resources for such scenarios?
Thank you.
very nice
Good job 👍
Hello! Are the assignments no longer available? they are missing from the main fork
Hey lady, Any other more sources to learn this tutorial?
great job!
Great thanks
Thank you for the course! Could you please use light theme next time?
@vdespa I'm getting errors in Assignment 2, if I run individually it's getting passed but if I run from verify your work getting failed for almost 8 calls getting the below error, can you please help
status > Get API status: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
FAIL
products > Get all products: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
FAIL
products > Get single product: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
FAIL
clients > Register a new client: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
Hi please share question set for api testing
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For some reason I cannot get my Badge although everything is working OK and I have done all my assignments. I would appreciate a little help on this
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Hi valentin im getting stuck at assessment-create a new order api-its throwing bad request ...im doing the same steps as mentioned in the videos...plz let us know how to solve it....same issue is happening throughout the next set of assessments
Hello, I tried to create a Fork for 1st assignment, but I couldn't select the workspace mentioned in the Video. I can only Select My Workspace, which doesn't have the API required to continue the assignment.
Hello! If you followed step-by step through the video you should be able to select the workspace that was created by you earlier. Try to reproduce all steps one more time. And yes, your workspace can have the different name then author has.
Hey Valentino. Thank you for the amazing content. I got stuck on the assigment 1 due to the authentication. I don't understand why all requests don't need Autorization, but when I get to "Create a new order" I need to get the authorization from the parent "Order" (x-api-key). Seems that it is using 2 times the same key, but with different names, what makes it very confusing to me. Could you give me some tip, please? Thanks
Typically when you are reading public data you don't need auth. But when you create new data, you do. For example, on Amazon you can browse the products without being logged in. But to place an order, you need to log in.
Can I please get the valid api key to run the Create a New Order api
Hi!
✅ Assignment #2
Why am I getting this error
status > Get API status: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
Here is my script
It looks good
pm.test("status code is 200", function () {
pm.expect(pm.response.code).to.eql(200);
});
Can you share a link to your workspace? Thanks!
@@vdespa getting same problem. how to solve please
@@vdespa getting the same issue, what I need to do? TIA
wrong folder. it should look like "Assignment #2/API requests/status/Get API status". replace /status/request_name with each folder
Can somoene tell mei if this will work for python as well cuz he mentioned for JS at the very beginning
How to get the collection?
I see some people having trouble when Create a new order which is part of first assignment . Error is " Missing API key" Status: 402 Unauthorized. anyone has an answer to that or Mr valentine will honor us with an answer or explanation? Thank you.
Hi,
I fixed by first create a new token(API key) with the POST Register a new client, than paste it to the Assigment#1 - POST Create a new order HEADERS like Key=x-api-key and the value is the newly generated API key.
What is the difference between pm.collectionvariable and pm.variable?
collectionvariable sets the variable to a collection scope, while variable just sets a variable within that code block
Hello @vdespa I claimed my badge few days ago but until today I had no answer, can you help me?
OMG 🫵 Fantastic thank you 🙏 I have been needing to dive deeper into Postman
You're welcome, thanks for your comment. Enjoy the course.
Can some one please share the valid api key for the collection mentioned in the video
Hello, I'm not sure why i got a fail in verify work request of assignment 4 that log "Product id is correct | AssertionError : expected undefined to deeply equal 1002", Can you help me for this?
but i already comment some my code and all of them pass haha ( im so curious!! )
I don't have option 'Automate runs via CLI' in postman Runner tab, what went wrong?
Make sure you are in a private repo. Sometimes a public repo will hide this option (not sure why).
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Thanks!
Create a new Order post api is showing an error "Missing API key", i first get requestion from ''REGISTER A NEW CLIENT" then the forked workspace the "create new order " is running error free,but when i duplicate and run it it is showing the same error in assignment workspace. What to do ?
you can simply put in the Assigment - Create new order header the x-api-key : API KEY
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Assignment 2 instructions are missing or unclear/unhelpful.
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Hi Valentin, I have getting Status 401 and error message saying : Missing API key" though I have generate API key from my profile and assign it to the postman_api_key under the Assignment 1 collection. What I am doing wrong .? Please suggest
@suvechhabhadra6120 you need to add x-api-key in Assignment API request and add {{apiKey}} and add to header, hope this helps
@@adithyaaradhya9360 Hey there. Can you please explain a bit more. Even I am stuck in the same issue
I got no response about the badge, i submited the form 3 weeks ago, anyone got theirs?
Where is up?
Min 2:02:13, when I try to create a new order, I get "error": "Invalid API key"
I'm facing exact same issue, do you managed to overcome it?
Try to provide a valid API key.
Oh hey this is what I do for a living lol
Course on "Trading for beginners" please Sir
hope this code reduces my 404 error 😢
There was 999 likes and i became a hero!!!!!!
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@vdespa I'm getting errors in Assignment 2, if I run individually it's getting passed but if I run from verify your work getting failed for almost 8 calls getting the below error, can you please help
status > Get API status: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
FAIL
products > Get all products: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
FAIL
products > Get single product: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
FAIL
clients > Register a new client: contains status code test | AssertionError: expected undefined to be an object
You have to put the requests in subfolders, and all tests will pass.
I"m also getting the same problem,plz help me
@@cristiolteanu2831 yep this does the trick, thank you! I encountered the same issue - so as far as I understand on each assignment (I am on the second currently) you first perform the tasks in the initial collection (which is Valentino Artisan Coffee Shop); For the second Assignment after you complete the tasks (which are adding the status code 200 assertions to all requests) you then duplicate NOT every single request, BUT the whole folder including the requests - meaning you duplicate status, products, clients and orders folders - to Assignment 2 -> API requests folder. Don't forget to rename them to have the same names. Hope this helps. This is not very clearly underlined in the assignment description and can be easily omitted.
@@rams2354 check the response above if you still have issues :)
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