In this page, we will log a sample defect report that we might encounter during REST API testing.

Sample Defect Report: Rest API Testing

A sample defect report provided below by invoking an API call that responds with an error.

Defect Summary:

User REST API call /createUser fails with 500 Internal server error

Reproduction Steps:

Deploy User API war application on the QA server.

Start the Application server.

Invoke the /createUser REST API call with sample data.

View the Rest API Response.

Expected Result:

201 Created HTTP Response.

<Expected result is the user should be created by the API call. >

Actual Result:

500 Internal Server Error.

<Actual Result A server error is displayed.>

 

Defect Priority: P1

<Defect priority P1. The defect is a show stopper bug. The defect blocks testing of other calls.

User is not created and other rest API calls testing need a user.>

Defect Environment:

QA Environment.

API version: 2019.4.1

Rest client

Screenshots:

Servers Logs/ Exception Traces

We can provide the exact 500 exception trace. This information can be collected from the application server logs.

Story Point Estimate:

Measurement of complexity and/or size of a requirement. This is applicable in Agile/Scrum projects.