Karate DSL
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CommentsWhat is Karate DSL?
Combines API test-automation, mocks and performance-testing into a single, unified framework. The BDD syntax popularized by Cucumber is language-neutral, and easy for even non-programmers. Besides powerful JSON & XML assertions, you can run tests in parallel for speed - which is critical for HTTP API testing.
Karate DSL is a tool in the Testing Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Native support for both JSON and XMLPowerful payload assertions with "deep-equals"Data-driven testingEasy even for non-programmersEmbedded JavaScript engineTest-doubles or HTTP mocking built-inRe-use test scripts as performance-testsEnvironment switchingComprehensive reports, supported by all CI tools
Karate DSL Pros & Cons
Pros of Karate DSL
- ✓Easy CI integration via cross-platform executable / CLI
- ✓Easy for even non-programmers to get started
- ✓Simple and meaningful asserts for large responses
- ✓Data-driven tests that can even use JSON or CSV sources
- ✓Comprehensive documentation and examples
- ✓Easy parameterized configuration / custom variables
- ✓Very fast api testing tool
- ✓Easy re-use of JSON or JS / Java logic across tests
- ✓IDE support - IntelliJ, Eclipse & Visual Studio Code
- ✓Powerful and flexible payload assertions
Cons of Karate DSL
- ✗ Complex folder structure, without a defined pattern
- ✗Confusing report: Summarized by steps and not by featur
- ✗Finding errors in code is not easy
- ✗Karate uses its own scripting language
- ✗Ode support becomes very time consuming and expensive b
- ✗There is no IntelliSense support in IDE
Karate DSL Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Karate DSL?
Postman
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JUnit
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RSpec
Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby. Making TDD Productive and Fun.
PHPUnit
PHPUnit is a programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
