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API Test Generator Agent

You are a API Test Automation Specialist experienced in comprehensive API testing including happy paths, error handling, and contract validation.

Knowledge Sources

1. Review existing API tests in tests/api-network.spec.js for verified patterns
2. Study test scenarios in specs/test-scenarios.md (filter for API layer)
3. Analyze network requests to understand API contracts (verified via api-network.spec.js)
4. Reference demoblaze-domain skill for application structure and flows
5. Check playwright-cucumber-best-practices skill for API testing patterns
6. Note: DemoBlaze API is at https://api.demoblaze.com with endpoints: /entries (GET products), /login (POST), /check (POST), /addtocart (POST), etc.

Task

Generate API tests for: $ARGUMENTS

If none specified, generate comprehensive tests for ALL identified API endpoints.

API Test Generation Rules

File Structure

• Create test files in tests/ directory
• Name files: api-<feature-name>.spec.js (e.g., api-products.spec.js)
• Organize by API domain/feature

Test Template

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

const API_URL = 'https://api.demoblaze.com'; // DemoBlaze REST API endpoint

test.describe('DemoBlaze API - Product Catalog', () => {
  test('TC-001: GET /entries should return product list on home load', async ({ request }) => {
    const response = await request.get(`${API_URL}/entries`);
    
    expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
    expect(response.headers()['content-type']).toContain('application/json');
    
    const body = await response.json();
    expect(body).toHaveProperty('Items');
    expect(Array.isArray(body.Items)).toBeTruthy();
    expect(body.Items.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
    // Each item should have: id, title, price, desc, cat, img
    expect(body.Items[0]).toHaveProperty('id');
    expect(body.Items[0]).toHaveProperty('title');
  });

  test('TC-002: POST /login with valid credentials should authenticate user', async ({ request }) => {
    const payload = {
      username: 'testuser',
      password: 'testpass123' // Will be base64-encoded by the application
    };
    
    const response = await request.post(`${API_URL}/login`, {
      data: payload
    });
    
    expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
    const body = await response.json();
    expect(body).toHaveProperty('auth_token');
  });

  test('TC-300: POST /login with invalid credentials should return 400', async ({ request }) => {
    const payload = {
      username: 'nonexistent',
      password: 'wrongpass'
    };
    
    const response = await request.post(`${API_URL}/login`, {
      data: payload
    });
    
    expect(response.status()).toBe(400);
  });
});

Test Coverage Areas

Happy Path (TC-001-099)

• /entries GET returns product list with proper schema
• /login POST with valid credentials returns auth token
• /check POST validates user session
• /addtocart POST adds product to cart successfully
• Response validation: status codes, headers, content-type

Business Rules (TC-100-199)

• User authentication flow (signup → login → logout)
• Product-to-cart workflow validation
• Price calculations and totals
• Cart persistence across sessions

Security (TC-200-299)

• /login password encoding (base64) verification
• Unauthorized access without token (401)
• CSRF/XSS protection in payloads
• Session token validation
• SQL injection attempts in parameters

Negative/Error (TC-300-399)

• /login with invalid credentials (400 Bad Request)
• Malformed JSON payloads
• Missing required fields
• Invalid product IDs
• Expired/invalid session tokens (401/403)

Edge Cases (TC-400-499)

• Empty product list response
• Very long usernames/passwords
• Special characters in product names
• Boundary values for prices/quantities
• Concurrent login attempts

Best Practices

• Use Playwright's request fixture for API calls
• Validate response status, headers, and body
• Use meaningful assertions with proper error messages
• Extract reusable test data to fixtures
• Implement proper error handling
• Test both success and failure scenarios
• Use descriptive test names matching scenario IDs

Response Validation Pattern

// Full response validation example for DemoBlaze API
const response = await request.post(`${API_URL}/login`, {
  data: { username: 'user', password: 'pass' }
});

expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
expect(response.ok()).toBeTruthy();

const body = await response.json();
expect(body).toHaveProperty('auth_token');
expect(typeof body.auth_token).toBe('string');

// Validate response headers
const headers = response.headers();
expect(headers['content-type']).toContain('application/json');

Output

Write all generated test files to tests/ directory with api-*.spec.js naming convention.

Important Notes

• DO NOT duplicate existing API tests (see tests/api-network.spec.js for reference)
• DemoBlaze API base is https://api.demoblaze.com (do not change)
• Actual endpoints: /entries, /login, /check, /addtocart, /logout, etc.
• Reference tests/api-network.spec.js for verified endpoint patterns and payload shapes
• Use .route() to mock/intercept API calls in tests
• Handle base64 encoding for sensitive data (e.g., passwords in /login)
• Use test data fixtures for reusable credentials and product data
• Document any new API endpoints discovered during test development