REST Assured on IntelliJ IDEA - Step by Step for Beginners

Download and set up the IntelliJ IDEA community edition on Windows or Mac, verify Java JDK installation, and create a simple hello world Java project.

Create a maven project in IntelliJ IDEA from scratch, selecting the jdk and configuring groupId and artifactId, add dependencies, run lifecycle phases, and use keyboard shortcuts.

Learn to view and edit the IntelliJ IDEA project structure for a Maven project, including naming, jdk/sdk, language level, and dependencies via file or settings.

Learn how to set up TestNG in IntelliJ IDEA for beginners, install the TestNG plugin, add dependencies for Java and Maven, create and run tests, and configure reports.

Set up a beginner rest-assured project in IntelliJ IDEA with Maven, Java, and TestNG; create a simple GET test, print status code, body, and headers, and generate test reports.

learn to create and run a get api request using rest assured in IntelliJ, applying given, when, then with static imports, validate status code and response body, and log response.

Learn how to create and run a post API request using Rest Assured in IntelliJ IDEA, including building a JSON body, setting headers, and validating response status.

The lecture demonstrates how to create and run PUT, PATCH, and DELETE API requests using Rest Assured in IntelliJ IDEA.

Set up a local Jason server with node and npm, create dummy rest APIs and resources such as users, posts, and subjects, and test them.

Test rest api calls on a local json server in IntelliJ, performing get, post, put, and delete to manage users and observe server and file changes.

Master data driven testing in rest assured with a TestNG data provider, parameterizing test data, and running tests with multiple data sets in IntelliJ.

Learn data-driven testing by reading data from an Excel file in a Rest Assured Java project. Build an Apache POI based Excel utility with sheet and cell access.

Learn what JSON is, why it is used, and how objects and arrays enable lightweight data exchange across languages with the JavaScript object notation.

Learn how to validate JSON, identify syntax errors, and fix issues with common online tools, including linting, validators, and formatting for readable JSON.

Learn how JSON Schema defines the structure and data types of JSON messages and validates API requests and responses before processing.

Master the basics of XML, including tags and start/end tags, to create structured data for machine and human readability. Explore XML validation with DTD or XSD and cross-application data exchange.

Learn the basics of XPath for navigating XML and HTML, build paths from the root to book elements, use indices to select nodes, and distinguish absolute from relative expressions.

Learn to test a soap api with REST Assured in IntelliJ, loading the soap request body from a file and validating the response with status 200.

Learn to validate a SOAP response using REST Assured in IntelliJ IDEA by running tests, extracting the ad result from the response body, and asserting the value equals seven.

Learn how to validate an XML response against an XML schema (XSD) using REST Assured in IntelliJ IDEA, including creating and applying the schema, and verifying API responses.