15 days of Postman - for testers API Documentation

Day 11: Validation

Number of APIs: 1

Instructions for Day 11: Validation

Get the challenge: Fork the parent collection to your own public workspace.
Read the documentation: Select the first folder. Expand the context bar on the right to follow the instructions in the collection documentation.
Submit your solution: Select the second folder and follow the instructions in the documentation to validate your solution.

Learning objectives

Validate responses against a defined schema
Explain the importance of schema validation
Write a conditional test to validate various responses
Write a negative test to validate an unsuccessful response

Concepts covered

[Writing tests]
[Validating responses]

Additional resources

[ajv] and other built-in libraries
[Validate using ajv] code sample
Validate data formats using JSON schema
[Validate API definitions] docs
[Security warnings during API definition] blog

1. Submit your solution - submit collection

GET https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}

It's time to check your collection.

Get the collection ID: Select the collection in the sidebar. Then in the context bar to the right, select the Info icon and copy the collection ID.
Update the request URL: Update the collection_uid in the request URL with the collection ID from the previous step, using any method you prefer.
Get your Qodex API Key: Create a new Qodex API Key and then open Qodex Vault (Accessed via the bottom right menu bar). Create a new Qodex Vault variable called Qodex_api_key and add your Qodex API Key as the Value.
Once the changes are saved, Qodex will use the Qodex Vault variable to authorize your request as shown under the Headers tab of the request.
Validate your solution: Hit Send and look under the Test Results tab of the server response at the bottom to review your test results.

If you have any failures, review the failed test results or ask for support in the [community forum] When all of your tests pass, you are done with today's challenge.