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Property Testing a CRUD API
I am sketching out how to test a CRUD API.
My idea is to create a simplified model / FSM, generate different states and test for properties based on the model.
E.g. assuming everything’s successful,
- GET /users
- POST /create/id/9
- DELETE /delete/id/9
- GET /users
users from 1. and 4. should be the same
Then do the a similar test when
- GET /users
- POST /create/id/8
- GET /users
3.'s users should have one more entry etc.
or when
- GET /users
- POST /create/id/11
- DELETE /delete/id/54 //:error
- GET /users
Again 4’s users should have one more entry.
basically, setting properties for as many cases I can, and then testing with random test-cases.
Problem is, I cannot find much material online, I am sure it is pretty standard esp. as CRUD APIs are pretty standard.. (?)
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david_ex
From What is a Property (online version of the book, prior to having been edited):
Finally, there’s a rare but great type of modeling that may be available, called “the oracle”. An oracle is a reference implementation, possibly coming from a different language or software package, and can therefore act as a pre-written model. The only thing required of the programmer to test the system is to compare their implementation with the oracle and ensure the same results are given.
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dimitarvp
For a server-side rendered CRUD website I’d concentrate on making StreamData generators of controller parameters – omit mandatory fields, send fields with invalid data in them, try and update or delete non-existing IDs, send fields that your app isn’t at all expecting. StreamData can be really alien at start but when you experiment with it for a weekend you can do some seriously powerful data generators with it!
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