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API testing

Create a resource with POST

Easy30 pts~12 min
  • HTTP POST
  • 201 Created
  • Location header
Practice app · Acme REST API

A live REST + GraphQL API with auth, validation, pagination, rate limiting and an interactive request console.

BASE_URL
/api/practice
Console app
/lab/qa-automation-create-a-resource-with-post

Your starter code already declares BASE_URL — call the API relative to it.

Objective

Create a user with POST /users and verify the 201 response, the echoed fields and the Location header.

Your task

  1. 1POST BASE_URL + "/users" with JSON { "name": "Nina QA", "email": <unique>, "role": "editor" }.
  2. 2Assert 201 and that the body contains a numeric id plus the name, email and role you sent.
  3. 3Assert the Location header ends with /users/{id}.

Acceptance criteria

  • POST /users returns 201
  • At least 3 assertions pass

Constraints

  • Use a unique email per run, e.g. qa.<timestamp>@example.test — emails must not already exist (409 EMAIL_TAKEN).

Fixtures

apiKey
tqa_live_key_123
basicUser
admin
basicPassword
secret
username
qa@target.dev
password
Test@123

API testing · QA Automation · Requests & methods