Debugging Tests in Ready API

Adding Breakpoint

Suppose your test script has twenty steps. You are confident that there is no error between line 1 to line 15. Using a step-by-step method and checking each step will be a waste of time. Instead, we can create a Breakpoint are line 16. This breakpoint will pause the execution at line 16. 

To create a Breakpoint click on the BP column on the left side of each test step. 

Sample Example

Let’s use the SOAP sample project as our example. 

🐻 Go to SOAP Sample Project > Functional Tests > Simple Search Test Case. 

🐻 Select the Step-by-step method. 

You can see that there are eight steps. Let’s create a breakpoint at step five, Property Transfer - Move sessionID. 

🐻 Simply click on the BP column on the left side of the step. 

🐻 Click on button. 

✅ Your test script will run all the steps before Property Transfer - Move sessionID and pause. 

After this, you can either run the script step by step or click on to run all the way to the next breakpoint (which in this case is the ending of the test script.)

Create a conditional breakpoint 

If you want to pause at the breakpoint when a certain condition satisfies, you do so by writing a code under Breakpoint Properties. Write a Groovy script that returns true or false.

🐻 Right click on the breakpoint > Breakpoint Properties .

🐻 Select the Conditional check box. Enter the groovy test code. 

Let’s Summarize whatever we discussed in this article - 

1️⃣ Use the step-by-step method to debug the test script step by step.

2️⃣ Useto run each step. 

3️⃣ Use to run till the next breakpoint. 

4️⃣ The astreck (*) sign indicates that the parameter value has been changed. 

5️⃣ Add a breakpoint by clicking on the BP column on the left hand side of the test step.

6️⃣ Add a conditional breakpoint from Breakpoint Properties. 

Frequently Asked Questions  

Why automate tests?

If all the testing is done by developers/testers, it wastes human resources. We can optimise these tests and automate them for similar tests. It is more efficient and saves a lot of resources.

How can we use SmartBear ReadyAPI?

To use ReadyAPI, download and install the product. There is a 14 days free trial of the product. After the free trial has ended you can buy the license to use the product for commercial use. There are two types of licenses- File Based and SmartBear ID based. These licenses are valid for 1-3 years.

What is the difference between ReadyAPI and Postman?

Since Postman is designed to work with each individual API endpoint, it is nearly hard to manage and monitor end-to-end testing over time. Since each test case is customised for ReadyAPI, tests may include a variety of endpoints, resources, or data sets. Then, inside a Test Suite and, ultimately, a Test Project, each test case can be added, copied, or deleted. As a result, managing and keeping up with test cases is easy.

Conclusion

Pat yourself on the back for coming this far. In this article, we have discussed how to debug test scripts using ReadyAPI. We used the REST Sample project to understand how to debug the script step by step. To understand how to apply breakpoints, we used SOAP Sample project. 

Do not stop learning! We recommend you read some of our ReadyAPI articles -

🔥 What is ReadyAPI?

🔥 Installing ReadyAPI.

🔥 What are test scripts?

🔥 Security Tests in ReadyAPI

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