Can UiPath do API Testing?

[AjitNayak]

Hi,

Just want to know if UiPath can do API Testing ?

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[avejr748 (Ave Salvante Jr)]

I believe it depends on what kind of testing do you have in mind.
Theoretically it is possible to use UiPath to make API calls as there is a package called UiPath.WebAPI.Activities that can be used to GET an API data

[AjitNayak]

Thank you @avejr748.

If I have an API endpoint URL and Request body, do you know what are the activities I can use to get the Response body ?

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[mzahid (Zahid)]

Yes you can get a response when you have a API end point URL and request body.
Below thread contains a sample you can download and run.

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Application Integration - REST Web Service - Working with JSON - UiPath Studio

Request body would be present in a POST type of request, the activity shown in the video remains the same, it is called HTTP Request .

[denisijcu266]

I used powershell to get Api from covid19

[AjitNayak]

Hi @mzahid,

Thanks for the video, I watched it.
The video does not say about the Request Body.

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[mzahid (Zahid)]

Hi @AjitNayak,

You are right the video does not say about the request body, As the video demonstrates about a GET request not a POST request(which will have a request body)

From the video,
1.Instead of the GET you would need to select POST from the drop down.

2. Then paste in your request body at the location(Body field) as shown in below screen

[AjitNayak]

Thank you @mzahid.

It worked.
First I stored the json request in a text file and read the file and passed the output of this to the Body.

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[AjitNayak]

@mzahid
so in order to read the response which is in the json format, do i have to deserialize json first before i read ?

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[mzahid (Zahid)]

Yes that’s correct

[mzahid (Zahid)]

And later on if you wish to extract the parameters from the response , you can follow below video from my brother @AndersJensen .

How to do API calls in UiPath | Full Tutorial

If you choose to extract headers, from the response then below

Get HTTP Response Headers for HTTP Request activity

@urweeraratne @srinucslt You can get the Response Headers from the HTTP Request Activity , where the variable will be of dictionary type [image] In order to retrieve data from all the output response headers you can use a for each activity ,This will print all the output headers. [image] Then if you choose to get values from any one particular key values from the dictionary you can use opHeader.ElementAt(4).Key+" is " +opHeader.ElementAt(4).Value where 4 is the index of the dictionary…

[AjitNayak]

Thank you, I will watch it.

Thanks