Karate

Karate is an end-to-end testing framework and API test automation tool used to validate REST and SOAP APIs, drive browser interactions, and measure system performance. It functions as a unified solution for executing automated tests across both API backends and web frontends.

The framework utilizes a custom domain specific language and Gherkin-style feature mapping to define requests and assertions. It includes an API mocking server to simulate backend responses, enabling development and integration testing without live dependencies.

The tool covers a broad range of functional testing categories, including browser automation for UI component and workflow verification, as well as load testing to measure service stability under high-volume traffic. These capabilities are integrated into a single engine that handles both network requests and browser sequences.

Features

End-to-End Testing - Provides a unified engine that executes both network requests and browser automation for complete end-to-end testing.

API Mocking - Includes a built-in mocking server to simulate backend responses for isolated development and integration testing.

API Testing - Provides a comprehensive framework for validating the functionality and integration of REST and SOAP APIs.

Browser Automation - Provides an engine for programmatically driving web browsers to verify multi-step user workflows.

BDD Specification Mappings - Maps test scenarios to feature files using a structured syntax for human-readable automation specifications.

API Testing Frameworks - Offers a unified environment for scripting and executing automated tests for REST and SOAP APIs.

Automated End-to-End Testing - Automates complex user flows and interface interactions across browser environments to verify functional paths.

End-to-End Testing Frameworks - Delivers a comprehensive solution for validating full user journeys across both API backends and web frontends.

API Mocking Servers - Ships a mocking server that simulates backend responses to enable frontend testing without live dependencies.

API Response Validation - Implements a unified syntax for validating API responses against expected headers, bodies, and status codes.

Test Step Variable Propagation - Shares data between consecutive test steps by storing response values in a shared memory context.

API Response Simulators - Intercepts network calls and returns predefined responses to simulate various backend server scenarios.

Testing Specifications - Uses a custom domain-specific language to define API requests and assertions in a human-readable format.

HTTP Load Testing - Generates high volumes of HTTP requests to measure the performance and stability of web services.

Performance Testing - Executes high-volume traffic scenarios to measure the stability and load capacity of API services.

Performance Testing Frameworks - Provides a framework to measure system scalability and stability through high-volume scripted network requests.

Testing Frameworks - DSL for API test-automation, mocking, and performance testing.

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