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Day 11: Validation

Number of APIs: 1


Instructions for Day 11: Validation

  1. Get the challenge: Fork the parent collection to your own public workspace.
  2. Read the documentation: Select the first folder. Expand the context bar on the right to follow the instructions in the collection documentation.
  3. 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}}



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