api-compose 0.0.7

A Framework for orchestrating, asserting and reporting on API calls with templates

API Compose
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Installation
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`PyPI Package <https://pypi.org/project/api-compose>`_

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pip install api-compose

Get Started
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# creates a sample project for you to build on
acp scaffold <your_project_name>

Run the programme
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acp run

- Explore the CLI's capabilities by running `acp` or `acp --help`


Examples
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- Examples are in **./examples** folder

`Bullish API <./examples/bullish>`_

`Cat API <./examples/cat_api>`_

Features
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Declaration-based API Call Composition
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- Allows API calls to be declared as Models.

- Distinguishes between **Compile Time Rendering** and **Run Time Rendering**

- Leverages networkx to determine the execution order of each API call.

- Exposes decorator **@JinjaGlobalRegistry** to for users to create jinja globals for rendering.

- (Comimg soon) Auto-retry Scenario if not all Actions are in ENDED state.


Useful Builtin Jinja Globals
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Builtin Jinja Globals allow users to specify which part (e.g. headers, body etc.) of an API action (e.g. login, get_images etc.) to use.

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## Get the value of the field field_one of the returned body from the login_action API call
{{ output_body('login_action', '$.field_one') }}

## Get the value of the field field_one of the input headers from the login_action API call
{{ input_headers('login_action', '$.field_one') }}

## Get the rendered body of the current API call
{{ config_body('self') }}

Supported API Calls Type - Adapters
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- Below is the table which breaks down the type of API Call by

- Protocol (Column)
- Data Format (Row)


.. table::

+------+------+-----------+-----+
| | HTTP | WebSocket | FIX |
+======+======+===========+=====+
| json | True | TBD | TBD |
+------+------+-----------+-----+
| xml | WIP | TBD | TBD |
+------+------+-----------+-----+

- WIP means Working in Progress. It means it is being worked on now.

- TBD means to be determined. It means it will be planned in the future.


Schema Validation
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- Leverages **jsonschema** and **xmlschema** to validate returned json and xml data respectively.

Assertion
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- Allows users to use Jinja to make assertions between API Calls Result

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# assert that two different fields in two different actions have the same value
{{ output_body('action_one', $.field_one) == output_body('action_two', '$.field_two') }}


Reporting
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- Presents Test Results nicely in HTML reports



Architectural Diagram
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.. figure:: ./diagrams/framework_architecture.png
:scale: 70%
:align: center
:alt: API Testing Framwork Architecture

The above is the API Testing Framwork Architecture.

Lucid Chart here: `https://lucid.app/lucidchart/f8d1f9f9-bc93-46ec-8e4f-6561a4c822c3/edit?beaconFlowId=70D4EDD3B7971E6C&invitationId=inv_c7b45baf-050c-480b-923e-2979440ce4c8&page=0_0#`


.. figure:: ./diagrams/framework_building_blocks.png

Hierarchical structure of the models

Lucid Chart here: https://lucid.app/lucidchart/f8d1f9f9-bc93-46ec-8e4f-6561a4c822c3/edit?beaconFlowId=70D4EDD3B7971E6C&invitationId=inv_c7b45baf-050c-480b-923e-2979440ce4c8&page=p0OVapsRWlkY#



Jinja Templating
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Compile Time Rendering
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- To make templates reusable, the programme exposes the means to render template files using the below syntax:

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block_start_string='[%'
block_end_string='%]'
variable_start_string='[['
variable_end_string=']]'
comment_start_string='[#'
comment_end_string='#]'

Run Time Rendering
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- To allow for inter-API Call dependencies within a given scenario, the programme also exposes the means to render templated fields using the below syntax:

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block_start_string='{%'
block_end_string='%}'
variable_start_string='{{'
variable_end_string='}}'
comment_start_string='{#'
comment_end_string='#}'




Config File
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File name is `config.yaml`

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# Generate config.yaml
acp cfg init