How to Test GET API in Playwright

    

To test a GET API using Playwright in Java, you can use Playwright’s built-in APIRequestContext to send HTTP requests. This is useful for API testing in addition to browser automation.

Steps to Test a GET API using Playwright Java:

• Initialize Playwright and APIRequestContext

• Send GET request to the API endpoint

• Validate the response: Status code, body content, headers, etc.

• Close Playwright

Example: Test GET API in Playwright Java

Let’s test a public API like:
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1




Maven Dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
    <artifactId>playwright</artifactId>
    <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- use latest -->
</dependency>




Java Code to Test GET API

import com.microsoft.playwright.*;
import com.microsoft.playwright.options.*;

public class GetApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Step 1: Initialize Playwright
        try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create()) {
            // Step 2: Create APIRequest context
            APIRequest request = playwright.request();
            APIRequestContext requestContext = request.newContext();

            // Step 3: Send GET request
            APIResponse response = requestContext.get("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1");

            // Step 4: Validate the response
            System.out.println("Status: " + response.status()); // 200 expected
            System.out.println("Status Text: " + response.statusText());

            // Step 5: Validate body content
            String responseBody = response.text();
            System.out.println("Response Body: \n" + responseBody);

            // Optional: Assert status code and content
            if (response.ok()) {
                System.out.println("API responded successfully.");
            } else {
                System.out.println("API test failed.");
            }

            // Close API request context
            requestContext.dispose();
        }
    }
}

Expected Output:

Status: 200
Status Text: OK
Response Body:
{
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
  "body": "..."
}
API responded successfully.

You Can Also Validate Specific Fields:

import org.json.JSONObject;

JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response.text());
assert json.getInt("id") == 1;
assert json.getInt("userId") == 1;
System.out.println("JSON fields validated.");

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