SoapUI API/Webservices Testing Part 1
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00:19 | Introduction
- What is SoapUI ?
- Advantages
- Download and Install SoapUI on Windows
00:29 | What is SoapUI ?
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- The soapui.org website states that SoapUI is "the most advanced REST/SOAP/GraphQL API testing tool in the world"
- SoapUI comes in two flavors, SoapUI Open Source, the free one, and ReadyAPI, formally known as SoapUI Pro, the not free one.
02:18 | The free one gives you 6 out of 14 options from the SoapUI's not free version.
- SOAP API Testing
- REST API Testing
- WSDL Coverage
- Scripted Assertions
- Largest Online API Testing Community
- GraphQL API Testing
- You get the 8 others with the not free version.
Downloading "SoapUI Open Source"
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- 02:35 | Downloading "SoapUI Open Source", the free one.
- It displays a message thanking you for downloading SoapUI open source
- and it allows you to try the Pro version for 14 or 30 days, try to ignore that for now.
02:47 | He displays the Downloads folder from File Explorer.
- He points to the "SoapUI-x32-5.5.0.exe" file dated 5/5/2020 in his Downloads folder.
03:00 | He opens the downloaded file.
- 03:06 | Do you want to run this file?, click the "Run" button.
- The "install4j Wizard" window displays a metered progress bar while preparing the setup process.
Welcome to the SoapUI 5.5.0 Setup Wizard
03:29 | Welcome to the SoapUI 5.5.0 Setup Wizard window is displayed, press the "Next" button.
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- 03:31 | Select Destination Directory
- C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\SoapUI-5.5.0
- he keeps the default folder, and clicks the "Next" button
- 03:34 | Select Components
- [X] SoapUI
- [ ] Source
- [ ] HermesJMS
- [X] Tutorials - should be checked by default
- He selects the "Next" button.
Tutorials Location
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- 03:44 | Tutorials location
- C:\Users\admin\SoapUI-Tutorials
- he keeps the default folder, and clicks the "Next" button
Select Start Menu Folder
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- 03:53 | Select Start Menu Folder
- [x] Create a Start Menu folder
- SmartBear\SoapUI 5.5.0 - looks like the location of the start menu folder for projects
- under the folder displayed above, are a list of folders with a scroll bar
- [x] Create shortcuts for all users
- He selects the "Next" button.
- 03:58 | Select Additional Tasks
- [x] Create a desktop icon
- He selects the "Next" button.
- It started the Installing process by extracting files
04:00 | The "Installing" dialog box appears
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- with a "Please wait while installing" message
- and a metered progress bar while it's extracting files.
- Once this is done the next dialog box is displayed
Completing the Setup
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- 04:12 | Completing the SoapUI 5.5.0 Setup Wizard dialog box appears
- with a "Setup has completed" and "The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons." messages
- and a message stating "Click Finish to exit Setup."
- [x] View the release notes
- [x] Run SoapUI 5.5.0
- He unchecks the "View the Release Notes" box, he then selects the "Finish" button.
04:33 | The SoapUI is displayed on the screen
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- the toolbar on top
- the Projects panel and Property box on the left
- and the Start Screen to the right of the Projects panel
- the Projects panel looks empty
04:36 | It starts up with a "SoapUI Start Page" which he closes.
- By default there are no projects in the Projects panel.
- He says we can create new projects and tests cases while he hoovers his mouse cursor around the Projects panel.
- He then closes the SoapUI screen.
05:14 | He says you can launch SoapUI from the icon on your desktop,
- and see you in the next video.
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