API Automation with Python

Hey there! 👋

This project is an automated API testing using Python and pytest.

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What’s this project about?

I'm testing a public API (Reqres), which provides fake user data and typical API endpoints like:

• Getting lists of users (with pagination)
• Creating users
• Handling errors (like user not found)

The tests include:

• Validating response status codes
• Checking JSON response structures
• Ensuring the API key authorization works correctly

This project shows how to:

• Organize tests using pytest
• Write clean, reusable code with a helper function for API requests
• Use Python’s requests library to interact with APIs

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Getting started — setup instructions

1. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/uncleejay/api-automation-python.git
cd api-automation-python

2. Set up a Python virtual environment (venv)

Create a virtual environment to keep dependencies isolated:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Mac/Linux
# OR
venv\Scripts\activate      # Windows

3. Install dependecies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Running the test

Once everything is setup, run all tests with

pytest