This package aims to solve the following two problems:
- Maintenance is a big problem to solve in any test suite. As the APIs evolve at a fast pace, maintenance becomes more difficult.
- Usually when negative test cases are written, all combinations of parameters are not covered. Writing all the combinations manually is difficult and gets neglected.
We solve point 1, by consuming the openapi.json file to generate test cases in DRY manner. Openapi.json is auto-generated using a generator script, as described in this blog.
To solve point 2, we use the cartesian product of possible (correct as well as incorrect) sets of values for each parameter to get to the set of all negative test cases.
- For each route, we figure out the possible set of values (correct as well as incorrect) for each parameter. Now, we take the cartesian product of these sets, to get all possible combinations of parameters. Correctness of the values is based on the parameter type and parameter constraints given in openapi.json
- For all the incorrect combinations, we fire API calls and check whether the API response has the correct param level error.
- In each route, every optional parameter is tested with its correct, incorrect as well as null value.
- For cookie protected routes, we can include a Security Scheme object as a third argument while initializing the package. This object will be automatically consumed based on the specific security requirements of a route. If the cookies provided in Security Scheme object cannot be validated then http error 401 Unauthorized is expected.
For installing the npm package, run following command in terminal:
npm install @truesparrow/openapi-test-suite
const openapiObj = require('@truesparrow/openapi-test-suite');
const ApiTestSuite = require('@truesparrow/openapi-test-suite');
const serverIndex = 0; // Index of the server (to be hit) from the servers block of openapi.json
const securityScheme = require('./examples/securityScheme.json');
const apiSuiteObj = new ApiTestSuite(openApiObj, serverIndex, securityScheme); // To run the test suite, use following command
apiSuiteObj.runTest();
// After the test suite run is over, it is recommended to call cleanup because the openApiObj and serverIndex are in-memory cached.
apiSuiteObj.cleanup();In the following, all params were passed correctly, but the API response received success as false.
GET /api/admin/web/login/phone/otp
params: {"country_code":1,"raw_phone_number":"9878654325"}
Expected response success: true
Incorrect Parameters: {}
Response HTTP code: 200
API response: {
"success": false,
"err": {
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"msg": "Something went wrong.",
"error_data": [
{
"parameter": "phone_number",
"msg": "Invalid phone number."
}
],
"internal_id": "INVALID_PHONE_NUMBER"
}
}
Response validation error: {"kind":"errorRespForCorrectCase"}
In the following, raw_phone_number was passed incorrectly, but the API response received success as true.
GET /api/admin/web/login/phone/otp
params: {"country_code":91,"raw_phone_number":null}
Expected response success: false
Incorrect Parameters: {"raw_phone_number":"Value cannot be null"}
Response HTTP code: 200
API response: {
"success": true,
"data": {
"otp_detail": {
"id": 69,
"sms_identifier": "69:dfdc1b36-3fa8-4b9c-8c09-a61f334dfd9f",
"uts": 1653291961
}
}
}
In the following, raw_phone_number was passed incorrectly, but the API response error_data does not convey the same.
GET /api/admin/web/login/phone/otp
params: {"country_code":"959bb2","raw_phone_number":null}
Expected response success: false
incorrectParamsMap: {"country_code":"Value cannot be string","raw_phone_number":"Value cannot be null"}
Response HTTP code: 200
API response: {
"success": false,
"err": {
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"msg": "Something went wrong.",
"error_data": [
{
"parameter": "country_code",
"msg": "Invalid parameter country_code. Please ensure the input is well formed."
},
{
"parameter": "phone_number",
"msg": "Invalid phone number."
}
],
"internal_id": "v_ap_rd_1"
}
}
Response validation error: {"kind":"parameterErrorNotObtained","parameter":"phone_number"}
In the following, all params were passed correctly, but got the api error "Something went wrong".
GET /api/admin/web/login/phone/otp
params: {"country_code":91,"raw_phone_number":"9876543239"}
Expected response success: true
Incorrect Parameters: {}
Response HTTP code: 500
API response: {
"success": false,
"err": {
"code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
"msg": "Something went wrong.",
"error_data": [],
"internal_id": "PHONE_NUMBER_DOES_NOT_EXIST"
}
}
Response validation error: {"kind":"errorRespForCorrectCase"}
In the following, all params were passed correctly, but got respEntityTypeMismatch error.
GET /api/admin/web/login/phone/otp
params: {"country_code":91,"raw_phone_number":"9876543233"}
Expected response success: true
Incorrect Parameters: {}
Response HTTP code: 200
API response: {
"success": true,
"data": {
"otp_detail": {
"id": "abc",
"sms_identifier": "72:83c91ffc-9741-492f-8fbf-f61d6e9b9ba8",
"uts": 1653293902
}
}
}
Response validation error: {"kind":"respEntityTypeMismatch","debugLevel":"response.data.otp_detail.id","schemaType":"string"}
In the following, incorrect cookie value was passed, so the expected response http code was 401; but the API response received success as true.
GET /api/consumer/v1/user/current
params: {"country_code":91,"raw_phone_number":"9876543233"}
Expected response success: false
Incorrect Parameters: {}
Response HTTP code: 200
API response: {
"success": true,
"data": {
"current_user": {
"id": 100000,
"first_name": "ishaphone",
"last_name": "lastn",
"basic_user_detail_id": 100000,
"status": "ACTIVE",
"uts": 1651651178
}
}
}
Response validation error: {"kind":"mandatoryCookieValidationFailed"}
Request headers: {"Cookie":"aulc=25de238247286fa7fc7b9cbd071a45eda87f8690dd524cbf71c104d1d7e8252ef2dc4a698a389368dceb673238ccc47a342b611fdd00e3522183c25d6fb866faf368a7f9ec716e9df4b446d3541cd"}
In the following, correct cookie value was passed with incorrect combination of parameters, but got http code 401.
GET /api/consumer/v1/user/current
params: {"country_code":91,"raw_phone_number":null}
Expected response success: false
Incorrect Parameters: {"raw_phone_number":"Value cannot be null"}
Response HTTP code: 401
API response: {
"success": false,
"err": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"msg": "Access denied due to invalid credentials.",
"error_data": [],
"internal_id": "l_ch_vclcr_2"
}
}
Response validation error: {"kind":"unauthorizedApiRequestForValidCookie"}
Request headers: {"Cookie":"aulc=25de238247286fa7fc7b9cbd071a45eda87f8690dd524cbf71c104d1d7e8252ef2dc4a698a389368dceb673238ccc47a342b611fdd00e3522183c25d6fb866faf368a7f9ec716e9df4b446d3541cd"}
Using schema validator, the data can be recursively cross validated against its schema.
Get schema validator class using apiSuiteObj.
const schemaValidator = apiSuiteObj.SchemaValidator;
Then call validateObjectBySchema(data,dataSchema,debugLevel) method of schemaValidator class with following arguments:
- data = Data to be validated (dataType : object).
- dataSchema = Schema against which the given data should be validated. (dataType : object).
- debugLevel = String value which helps in debugging (dataType : string).
Note: validateObjectBySchema function throws error only in case of incorrect data.
const data = require('./examples/dataToBeValidated_1.json');
const dataSchema = require('./examples/dataSchema_1.json');
const correctData = data.correctData;
const incorrectData = data.incorrectData;
With correct data
new schemaValidator().validateObjectBySchema(correctData,dataSchema,'Response');
With incorrect data
new schemaValidator().validateObjectBySchema(incorrectData,dataSchema,'Response');
Logs:
{
kind: 'respEntityTypeMismatch',
debugLevel: 'VALUE(Response).status',
schemaType: 'string'
}
Here kind indicates the type of validation error, debugLevel indicates the level at which the validation failed and schemaType indicates expected schema.
const data = require('./examples/dataToBeValidated_2.json');
const dataSchema = require('./examples/dataSchema_2.json');
const correctData = data.correctData;
const incorrectData = data.incorrectData;
new schemaValidator().validateObjectBySchema(incorrectData,dataSchema,'Response');
Logs:
{
kind: 'respEntityTypeMismatch',
debugLevel: 'Response.[0].name',
schemaType: 'string'
}
const data = require('./examples/dataToBeValidated_3.json');
const dataSchema = require('./examples/dataSchema_3.json');
const correctData = data.correctData;
const incorrectData = data.incorrectData;
new schemaValidator().validateObjectBySchema(incorrectData,dataSchema,'Response');
Logs:
{
kind: 'respEntityTypeMismatch',
debugLevel: 'Response',
schemaType: 'array'
}
const data = require('./examples/dataToBeValidated_4.json');
const dataSchema = require('./examples/dataSchema_4.json');
const correctData = data.correctData;
const incorrectData = data.incorrectData;
new schemaValidator().validateObjectBySchema(incorrectData,dataSchema,'Response');
Logs:
{
kind: 'respEntityTypeMismatch',
debugLevel: 'Response',
schemaType: 'string'
}
Using Start security test you can test your API parameters' vulnerabilities against SQL and Command Injection attacks.
Manual monitoring of API logs is needed to check if any resources are affected by SQL or Commands injection queries.
Execute security test class using apiSuiteObj.
apiSuiteObj.runSecurityTest();
API request will be executed for injection queries against each parameter.
GET /api/consumer/v1/signup/phone/otp
Request headers: {}
params: {"country_code":"OR 1=1#","raw_phone_number":"1111111111"}
- Error schema in component section and it's use.