API Test Automation Framework

Overview

This project is an automated API testing framework built using Python and Pytest to validate backend services.

Tech Stack

• Python
• Pytest
• Requests
• Allure Reports
• Pytest-xdist

Project Structure

api-test-framework/ │── tests/ │── utils/ │── data/ │── conftest.py │── pytest.ini │── requirements.txt │── README.md

How to Run

 py -m pytest

Reporting

py -m pytest --alluredir=allure-results
allure serve allure-results

Features

• Positive & Negative Testing
• Schema Validation
• Parallel Execution
• Logging
• CI/CD Ready

Design Decisions

• Used API Client for reusability
• Used fixtures for test data
• Externalized test data for scalability
• Added schema validation for strong assertions

Author

Rani Suresh Nikhade