29. Direct HTTP API Automation & Hybrid API-to-UI Testing

Pure API Testing in Playwright

import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
test("validate user creation API", async ({ request }) => {
  const response = await request.post("https://api.targetqa.com/users", {
    data: { name: "Alice", role: "QA Engineer" },
    headers: { Authorization: "Bearer token-123" }
  });
expect(response.status()).toBe(201);
  const body = await response.json();
  expect(body.name).toBe("Alice");
});