Create pipeline for conducting API tests

Using Jenkins
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How do we set up a Jenkins pipeline specifically for running API tests on backend applications.

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Hey Danial,
It is recommended to execute a series of Newman tests within the pipeline.

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I like to follow a general pattern something like this:

  1. Implement task so that it runs from the command line and does what I want
  2. Extend task to report its results in a format that Jenkins can display (JUnit test report, NUnit test report, TestNG report, or in the worst case, an HTML page with test results)
  3. Check the task definition into a git repository and add a Jenkinsfile that runs the command line program that I implemented in step 1
  4. Configure the Jenkinsfile to display the generated results (JUnit, NUnit, TestNG, etc.)

That pattern works for many tasks, including API testing.