🟦 Module 1: Introduction to API Testing & Cypress

• What is an API and why API testing?

• REST vs SOAP APIs

• Understanding HTTP methods & status codes

• JSON & XML basics

• Introduction to Cypress

• Setting up Cypress in a project (Node.js, npm, Yarn)

🟦 Module 2: Cypress Fundamentals for API Testing

• Cypress folder structure & configuration

• Using cy.request() for API testing

• Making GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests

• Handling request headers, query params, and body

• Logging requests and responses

🟦 Module 3: Validations & Assertions

• Validating status codes & headers

• Deep response body validations

• JSON schema validation

• Response time checks

• Using Chai assertions (expect, should)

🟦 Module 4: Advanced API Testing in Cypress

• Token-based authentication (JWT, OAuth2, API Keys)

• Chaining API requests (dependent calls)

• File upload & download testing with Cypress

• Data-driven testing (fixtures, JSON, external files)

• Creating custom Cypress commands for APIs

🟦 Module 5: API Framework Design with Cypress

• Designing a maintainable API test framework

• Structuring tests with Mocha + Chai

• Centralizing config in cypress.config.js

• Creating reusable request utilities

• Reporting with Mochawesome / Allure reports

🟦 Module 6: Integration with Frontend & CI/CD

• Combining UI + API testing in Cypress

• Using API tests to set up test data for UI

• Running Cypress tests in Jenkins / GitHub Actions

• Parallel execution & Cypress Dashboard integration

🟦 Module 7: Real-Time Project

• Building end-to-end Cypress API tests for a sample app

• Test cases for login, CRUD APIs, order placement

• Generating advanced test reports

• Debugging failed API tests effectively