Autotest

api.autotest() will generate a basic test for each method defined in the RAML file.

The test is a basic test:

def test(req):
    req()

This uses the default factories (using the example values in the RAML for request bodies) and default URI parameters (example values in uriParameters definitions in the RAML).

By setting up fixtures to pre-generate any objects needing to be referenced by the examples, and defining your RAML examples carefully, you can test a whole API using autotest. The basic tests check for an acceptable status code and validate the response body and headers against the RAML definition (if any).

api.autotest() accepts the following (optional) settings: - postrequest_sleep (default: 0.5): seconds to wait in between each method

If you want to pass headers, use alternate content types, custom factories, etc., write those tests by hand (see Writing Tests).