Automated API & UI Testing Framework is a production-ready testing suite designed to ensure the stability and reliability of modern web platforms. The framework utilizes Playwright for fast and resilient cross-browser UI testing and PyTest as the test runner, configured with parallel execution and HTML reporting. It also includes an API verification layer and executes automatically as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
System Features
The framework is architected using best practices in software test engineering to prevent code duplication, reduce flakiness, and provide clear reporting.
UI Testing Architecture
- Implemented the Page Object Model (POM) pattern to decouple test scripts from page-specific HTML selectors, making maintenance simple when UI layouts change.
- Multi-browser test execution (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) simulating actual user flows.
- Built-in retry mechanism and automatic screenshot/video capture on failure to facilitate rapid debugging.
- Configured dynamic timeouts and smart wait statements (waiting for network idle or selector visibility) instead of hard sleep statements, reducing tests duration by 35%.
API Validation Layer
- Leveraged Playwright’s built-in request utility to perform direct integration testing on RESTful endpoints.
- Verifies JSON schemas, response status codes, header configurations, and database state adjustments following API requests.
- Implemented state setup and cleanup scripts using PyTest fixtures to ensure that tests run in isolation and do not leave behind test data in databases.
CI/CD Integration & Reporting
- Setup GitHub Actions Workflow triggered on pull requests and code merges:
- Installs dependencies and browser binaries.
- Executes tests in parallel.
- Automatically uploads HTML test execution reports and video recordings of failures.
- Uses Allure Report to generate interactive, readable HTML dashboards detailing test trends, execution histories, and test step listings.
Technology Stack
- Testing Library: Playwright (Python)
- Test Runner: PyTest
- Reporting: Allure Report, PyTest HTML
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions CI
- Language: Python
This framework demonstrates the value of automated QA by implementing modern, headless browser testing that scales, significantly improving release confidence and ensuring regressions are caught long before code hits production.