API Automation using Axios, Mocha, Chai and JavaScript Setup Guide

Getting started

Pre-requisites

Download and install Node.js
Download and install any Text Editor like Visual Code/Sublime/Brackets

Setup Visual Code

Install GitLens Extension from the Marketplace: GitLens — Git supercharged by GitKraken
Install vscode-icons from the Marketplace: vscode-icons
Go to Visual Code Preference > Setting and search formatOnSave and enable/ON it.

Setup Scripts

Clone the repository into a folder
Go to Project root directory and install Dependency: npm install
All the dependencies from package.json would be installed in node_modules folder.

How to write Test

Add new test under api-tests folder
Name the file as .js (e.g. get_request.js)

How to Run Test

Go to Project root directory and run command: npm test
If you want to run api tests then run command: npx mocha --recursive api-tests/*.js --timeout 10000 --reporter mochawesome

How to Update local npm packages

Go to Project root directory and run command: npm update

How to view HTML report

Go to Project root directory: ./mochawesome-report/mochawesome.html

Sample Test Results