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API Automation using Axios, Mocha, Chai and JavaScript Setup Guide

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Getting started

Pre-requisites

• Download and install Node.js
• Download and install any Text Editor like Visual Code/Sublime/Brackets

Setup Visual Code

• Install GitLens Extension from the Marketplace: GitLens — Git supercharged by GitKraken
• Install vscode-icons from the Marketplace: vscode-icons
• Go to Visual Code Preference > Setting and search formatOnSave and enable/ON it.

Setup Scripts

• Clone the repository into a folder
• Go to Project root directory and install Dependency: npm install
• All the dependencies from package.json would be installed in node_modules folder.

How to write Test

• Add new test under api-tests folder
• Name the file as .js (e.g. get_request.js)

How to Run Test

• Go to Project root directory and run command: npm test
• If you want to run api tests then run command: npx mocha --recursive api-tests/*.js --timeout 10000 --reporter mochawesome

How to Update local npm packages

• Go to Project root directory and run command: npm update

How to view HTML report

• Go to Project root directory: ./mochawesome-report/mochawesome.html

Sample Test Results