This is a small exercise designed to evaluate your ability to create test cases.
Please read the instructions carefully to ensure a fair and accurate assessment.
Successfully completing this exercise will significantly increase your chances of securing a position with us.
Challenge
You will be using a public API for this exercise. We do not manage this API, so Create, Update, and Delete methods will not impact the database; the API is primarily for testing purposes. Since this API is public, no credentials or tokens are required.
Create Test Cases
Write two positive and two negative test cases for each method to verify the API works as expected.
API Endpoint
Base URL: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
Endpoint: /posts
Example: Method: GET, Endpoint: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
Available Operations
- GET
/posts:Fetch all posts Expected Response: - Status code:
200 - Response Object: JSON list of all posts
- GET
/posts/id:Fetch a post by ID Expected Response: - Status code:
200 - Response Object: Post object in JSON format
- POST
/postsCreate a new post - Body:
- Status code:
201 - Response Object: Post object in JSON format
- PUT
/posts/idUpdate a Post - Body:
- Status code:
200 - Response Object: Post object in JSON format
- DELETE
/posts/id:Delete a Post Expected Response: - Status code:
200
{
"title": "title field expects a string",
"body": "body field expects a string",
"userId": 1
}{
"id": 1,
"title": "Updated post title",
"body": "Updated content of the post.",
"userId": 1
}Use any text editor you prefer to complete this exercise. Once completed, upload your solution along with a detailed explanation to a public GitHub repository or any public file hosting service.
