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Ashish Singh
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How I Went from 0% to 100% API Test Coverage in Minutes Using Keploy

πŸ” Day 4 of My API Testing Journey β€” Manual to AI in No Time
As a backend developer, writing APIs is exciting. But testing them manually? Not so much. Writing, mocking, asserting β€” it's time-consuming and error-prone.

Then I found Keploy – an open-source, AI-powered API testing toolkit. It changed my workflow overnight! πŸ’₯

πŸ”§ What I Built
βœ… Book Management API using Node.js + Express + MongoDB
βœ… Created an OpenAPI Schema
βœ… Tested using Keploy CLI
βœ… Used Keploy Chrome Extension for real-world testing
βœ… Integrated with GitHub Actions for automated CI testing
βœ… Achieved 100% test suite coverage with smart mocking 🧠

πŸ“Š My Keploy Test Report

πŸ”„ 160 Test Suites

βœ… 95 Accepted

❌ 65 Rejected

This was done without writing a single line of manual tests! 🀯

🌐 Real-World API Testing
I tested public APIs with the Keploy Chrome Extension:

πŸ”Έ openweathermap.org – real-time weather data
πŸ”Έ fakestoreapi.com – eCommerce product listings

Keploy captured the API traffic and converted it into reusable, replayable test cases β€” no mocks or scripts needed.

βš™οΈ Why Keploy is a Game-Changer
Manual Testing Keploy AI Testing
❌ Write tests manually βœ… Auto-generated from traffic
❌ Mock DB/API manually βœ… Auto-mocked
❌ Tedious CI setup βœ… Simple GitHub Action
❌ Missed edge cases βœ… Smart assertions included

Keploy eliminated repetitive test writing and focused on real usage-based testing. It’s like having an AI test co-pilot.

πŸ”¨ Tools & Stack I Used
Node.js + Express

MongoDB

Keploy CLI + Agent

Keploy Chrome Extension

GitHub Actions (CI/CD)

OpenAPI & curl

πŸ“‚ Project Resources
πŸ”— GitHub Repo: Drashish987/Api-testing-

πŸ“„ OpenAPI Schema: openapi.yaml

βš™οΈ CI/CD Workflow: keploy.yml

🧠 What I Learned
Test coverage doesn’t have to be hard

AI tools like Keploy save time and effort

Testing with real traffic is more reliable than mocks

GitHub Actions + Keploy is a perfect CI combo

πŸ’¬ Final Thoughts
Thanks to Keploy, I finally enjoyed API testing πŸ˜„
It made testing feel like a natural part of building, not a separate, frustrating chore.

If you build APIs, try Keploy. Trust me, you’ll never go back to writing tests manually.

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