REST APIs and WebDriver: In Perfect Harmony
summary
Demo shows combining HTTP requests with WebDriver cuts setup time and flakiness by creating and manipulating state outside the UI. Using Postman and Rest Assured to POST bugs to Bugzilla, mapping responses to models, storing the returned ID to navigate directly and injecting login cookies into the browser reduces an end-to-end check from ~20s → ~8s. Code patterns include resource-based request classes, payload/response models, a cookie injection helper and a multi-language GitHub example; assertions remain unchanged and checks remain green.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:55Tools Bias
- 2:55Sacred Model
- 4:27Demo
- 5:45Identifying activities
- 9:08Postman Model
- 10:35Resource Model
- 14:15Creating a Bug
- 18:00State Management
- 21:37Wrap Up
- 22:45Fail Check
- 23:50Questions
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