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Variables usage examples in Test Automation

Example 1 — Using Runtime Variables Extracted from API​

Scenario:
As a precondition, the user creates a test user via API, extracts the user ID from the response, logs in with the user, verifies that the User ID is displayed correctly in the UI.

This scenario demonstrates how runtime variables, environment variables, and profile variables can be used together.

Preconditions:

1. Create User Request: /v2/user (Verify response status code is 201) 
2. Extract response from request 
3. Store 'user_id' field value in ${user_id}

See the API requests guide.

Actions:

1. Navigate to ${env.base_url}/login 
2. Enter ${prf.user_email} in email field 
3. Enter ${prf.password} in password field

Validations:

1. Verify that top right user badge shows "User ID: ${user_id}"

Example 2 — filter network request from browser network logs and extract data to validate in UI​

Scenario:
The user navigates to a page where a table of data is displayed. During the page load, the application sends an API request to retrieve the data that populates the table.
The test needs to capture the API response and validate that the data displayed in the UI table matches the data returned by the API.

This example demonstrates how runtime variables can be used to capture values from network responses and validate them against UI elements.

Actions:

1. Navigate to ${env.base_url}/data_page
2. Exract response of the reqeust from network logs which url contains "/airlines?scope=today"
3. Store response data's "airlines_data" field count into ${airlines_count} variable

Validations:

1. Verify that ${airlines_count} equal to "Today's Flights" table's data count