Features Added to ReadyAPI 3.9.0

Now, you can test REST APIs by using the API Connection test step. It means you can send REST requests, get responses, and validate them as you do with the REST Request test step, but with the cleaner and more convenient user interface:

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REST testing with the API Connection test step is close to that process with the REST Request test step:

• You link an API request to a test step, so it synchronizes the resource path, REST method, and parameters.

• You can validate the received response by using assertions.

• The API Connection test step supports environments.

• You can use property expansions in parameters and the request body.

However, there are some differences as compared to REST Request. For example, to set authentication, you select the needed Auth profile in the Authorization profile combo box instead of the Auth panel.

To learn more, see API Connection Test Step.

ReadyAPI 3.9.0 introduces the Smart Assertion. It verifies one or more values in the body or metadata of API responses:

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The assertion is similar to the Message Content Assertion but has a number of improvements:

• You can use it to verify response metadata: headers, the HTTP status code, and Kafka key and partition values.

• You can use additional conditions when comparing values.

• You can specify whether a value to be checked should be case-sensitive or not.

• You can configure the assertion quicker because the configuration dialog has a cleaner interface.

To learn more, see Smart Assertion.

Deprecated assertions

• We’ve updated a few third-party libraries to make the product even more reliable and secure. If your scripts refer to classes from these libraries, you might need to update the scripts.

• We have fixed a few bugs reported by our customers.