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Testing Mock Server Route Operations in Insomnia

This test suite validates the mock route functionality in Insomnia’s testing infrastructure. It focuses on creating, modifying, and testing mock server routes while ensuring proper HTTP responses and console interactions.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite provides comprehensive coverage of mock server route operations in Insomnia.

Key functionality tested includes:

Mock server creation and initialization
Route creation and modification
Route renaming capabilities
HTTP response validation
Console output verification

Implementation Analysis

The test implements a Playwright-based approach for end-to-end testing of Insomnia’s mock server functionality. It utilizes page object interactions and async/await patterns for reliable test execution.

Technical implementation features:

Platform-specific test speed adjustments
Role-based element selection
Label and text-based element targeting
Sequential action verification

Technical Details

Testing tools and configuration:

Playwright test runner
Platform-specific test configurations
Custom label selectors
Role-based element targeting
HTTP/2 response validation
Console output monitoring

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test demonstrates several quality testing practices for UI automation.

Notable practices include:

Clear test scenario isolation
Robust element selection strategies
Platform-aware test configuration
Step-by-step action verification
Response validation
Console output verification

kong/insomnia

packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/smoke/mock.test.ts

            
import { test } from '../../playwright/test';

test('can make a mock route: WARNING: THIS TEST DEPENDS ON mock.insomnia.moe to be up', async ({ page }) => {
  test.slow(process.platform === 'darwin' || process.platform === 'win32', 'Slow app start on these platforms');

  await page.getByLabel('New Mock Server').click();
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create', exact: true }).click();
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New Mock Route' }).click();
  await page.locator('#prompt-input').fill('/123');
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create' }).click();
  await page.getByLabel('Mock Route Actions').click();
  await page.getByText('Rename').click();
  await page.locator('#prompt-input').fill('/456');
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Rename' }).click();

  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Test' }).click();
  await page.getByText('No body returned for response').click();
  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Console' }).click();
  await page.getByText('HTTP/2 200').click();
});