Best practices in API testing with REST-Assured

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Shows how to build a small Java automation project using the REST-Assured library to test RESTful APIs, including using its DSL to write maintainable tests. Demonstrates organizing contract testing by validating responses against JSON Schema to ensure API contracts are met.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:43Given()
3. 4:56Don't Repeat Yourself
4. 5:15Request Specification
5. 6:17Response Specification
6. 7:07Global Configuration
7. 8:09Response verifications
8. 8:47Json path syntax
9. 9:59Hamcrest core matchers
10. 11:13Compare different parts of the same response
11. 11:47Assert or not assert
12. 12:05Extract body as Object
13. 15:03Filters, Lastener and Report
14. 15:50What contract testing is
15. 18:15JSON Schema - Keywords examples
16. 20:16Performance testing with REST-Assured
17. 25:56DEMO

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