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This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
Tester Guide - Integrations and API Testing
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integrations and API testers.
Integrations and API Testing
You can use find information about the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, or applications.
Testing with Apache Kafka
Starting from HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 10.0.2 and later, you can create Kafka transports to test Kafka services.
Working with Kafka messages
You can configure Kafka messages for the publish and subscribe actions in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) tests.
Subscribing to messages
You can retrieve messages from a Kafka transport broker by using the subscribe action in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) tests. You must select the transport and formatter to subscribe to the Kafka messages.

Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
- Tester Guide - Integrations and API Testing
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integrations and API testers.
  - Integrations and API Testing
    You can use find information about the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, or applications.
    - Testing Java™ applications
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to test Java™ applications.
    - Testing Java™ Message Service (JMS) systems
      Use the generic JMS plug-in to connect HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to a wide range of EAI platforms, which includes any vendor that provides an implementation of this Java™ standard. JMS provides a way of separating the application from the transport layer of providing data. The same Java classes can be used to communicate with different JMS providers by using the JNDI information for a specific provider. The classes first use a connection factory to connect to the queue or topic, and then use populate and send or publish the messages. On the receiving side, the clients then receive or subscribe to the messages
    - Testing Java™ objects
      You can import Plain Old Java™ Objects (POJOs) from JAR files into HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) in order to parse and construct messages containing the serialized forms of those objects. You can construct and parse the Java objects and perform validation, but you cannot test the objects directly.
    - Testing with Apache Camel components
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to create tests and stubs by setting up an Apache Camel component in a Test Integrations and APIs project. You can configure the technology endpoints supported by the Camel component as the physical resources in the Test Integrations and APIs project and test for the services provided by the technology.
    - Testing with Apache Kafka
      Starting from HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 10.0.2 and later, you can create Kafka transports to test Kafka services.
      - Creating logical Apache Kafka transport connections
        In HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs), tests and stubs reference the logical resources in a project. Therefore, you must create at least one logical Kafka transport connection for each Kafka transport to be used.
      - Creating physical Apache Kafka transport connections
        In HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs), creating a Kafka transport involves creating a Kafka transport broker resource, which provides information about connectivity to a physical Kafka transport broker.
      - MEP settings for Kafka transport
        The Kafka transport uses a publish or a subscribe Message Exchange Pattern (MEP). When you create a test by using MEP, the test contains a publish or a subscribe action as required. You can specify the default options for publish actions with or without the subscribe action by using the settings on the Message Exchange Pattern tab.
      - Working with Kafka messages
        You can configure Kafka messages for the publish and subscribe actions in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) tests.
        Publishing messages
        Apache Kafka messages are published to Topics on the Apache Kafka server by using the publish action in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) tests.
        Subscribing to messages
        You can retrieve messages from a Kafka transport broker by using the subscribe action in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) tests. You must select the transport and formatter to subscribe to the Kafka messages.
        Creating subscribe actions
        You can create a subscribe action for Kafka messages by creating a test in the Test Factory perspective of HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) and then adding a subscribe action to it.
        Selecting the transport and formatter
        You can select the transport and formatter for a subscribe action if you have not already configured the subscribe action in the MEP settings.
      - Stubbing settings for Kafka transport
        You can specify the stubbing settings depending on the Message Exchange Pattern defined for the Kafka transport.
      - Recording Kafka transport traffic
        The Kafka recording feature, which is not HTTP based, enables HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to record Kafka transport traffic that is routed through the proxy.
    - Testing with Docker
      You can use Docker containers with HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to run stubs co-located with your test systems.
    - Testing with the email transport
      When you use applications in your test environment that use email services, you can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to create tests and stubs for testing the email services. You can set up an email transport in a Test Integrations and APIs project and configure the email servers as the physical resources in the Test Integrations and APIs project, and then test the email services.
    - Testing with Envoy Proxy (Experimental)
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to record the HTTP traffic on the Envoy Proxy by using the Experimental HTTP Tap Filter feature of the Envoy Proxy.
    - Testing with the File transport
      As with any other transport, the File transport includes both logical and physical configurations. Tests and stubs are associated with the logical File resource, which represents an abstraction of the File resource and is the same for all environments. The physical File Access configuration includes connection details, and you can configure a different physical File Access for each environment.
    - Testing with the FIX transport
      You can use the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) transport and FIX dictionaries in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to help you test trade-related messages and the systems that use them.
    - Testing with the HTTP transport
      To provide support for HTTP-based communications, you must configure and run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) by using the HTTP transport and SOAP message formatters.
    - Testing with IBM® API Developer Portals
      You can configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to synchronize IBM API Connect™ Developer Portal resources or IBM® API Management Developer Portal resources.
    - Testing with IBM® App Connect Enterprise
      When you want to test the services on applications deployed by the integration node of IBM® App Connect Enterprise, you can use the synchronization feature in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to import details of deployed applications into a Test Integrations and APIs project. You can select the tests and stubs to be created in your project during the synchronization process in Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Testing with IBM® Integration Bus
      When you want to test the services on applications deployed by the integration node of IBM® Integration Bus, you can use the synchronization feature in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to import details of deployed applications into a Test Integrations and APIs project. You can select the tests and stubs to be created in your project during the synchronization process in Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Testing with IBM® WebSphere® Application Server
      You can configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to synchronize IBM® WebSphere® Application Server resources.
    - Testing with IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages
      You can test WebSphere® MQ messages using the WebSphere MQ transport method or JMS interface. HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) also supports testing WebSphere MQ on z/OS systems.
    - Testing with WebSphere® Portal
      You can configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to synchronize IBM® WebSphere® Portal resources.
    - Testing with IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
      IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition provides a framework for enabling z/OS®-based programs and data to fully participate in the new API economy for mobile and cloud applications. Use IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition to access z/OS subsystems, such as CICS®, IMS™ and Batch, by using RESTful APIs with JSON formatted messages. You can access multiple z/OS subsystems concurrently through a common interface.
    - Testing with Kubernetes
      HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) supports testing with Kubernetes after you set up a Kubernetes cluster. You can test the containerized applications that run as services in Kubernetes in Test Integrations and APIs. You can also create and publish stubs from Test Integrations and APIs to Kubernetes and then run the stubs in Kubernetes.
    - Testing with Microsoft™ .NET objects
      You can import serializable .NET objects from .NET assembly files (.exe or .dll) into HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) and apply them to messages in the same way as you would apply a schema. A service-based test or stub can then send and receive a message containing a serialized form of a .NET object from the assembly file. You can construct and parse the .NET objects and perform validation, but you cannot test the objects directly.
    - Testing the migrated Postman collections
      You can migrate Postman collections and environments that you created in Postman to HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs). Operations, transports, tests and stubs are automatically created during migration and you can run the tests and stubs in Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Testing with MongoDB
      If you are using HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 9.5.0 or later, you can create MongoDB transports and run tests against them.
    - Testing with the MQ telemetry transport
      If you are using HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 8.6.0 or later, you can create MQ telemetry transports.
    - Testing with Oracle Fusion
      Configure and run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) with the Oracle Fusion plug-in, which provides support for synchronization with and testing of the web services and composites that are available on a configured SOA server (that is, an Oracle WebLogic server with Oracle SOA Suite 11g deployed on it).
    - Testing with RabbitMQ
      If you are using HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 9.2.1.1 or later, you can create RabbitMQ transports.
    - Testing with SAP applications
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to test SAP application server resources.
    - Testing with Software AG CentraSite
      You can incorporate governance in your SOA by using the integration of HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) with Software AG CentraSite.
    - Testing with Software AG Universal Messaging
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) API to test Software AG Universal Messaging Broker server resources. From Test Integrations and APIs 10.0.2 or later, you can create Software AG Universal Messaging Broker transports, configure and run Test Integrations and APIs with the Software AG Universal Messaging server.
    - Testing with Software AG webMethods
      You can configure and run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) with the Software AG webMethods Integration Server to connect to Software AG webMethods Broker and Integration Server resources.
    - Testing with SSL
      To provide secure connections between clients and servers during testing, you can use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology supported by HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
    - Testing with TCP and UDP transports
      In HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs), you can create transports that facilitate communication between clients and servers by using both TCP- and UDP-based sockets.
    - Testing with TIBCO applications
      To use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to test TIBCO messaging, you must configure and run Test Integrations and APIs with the TIBCO messaging plug-in. Doing so supports TIBCO Rendezvous messaging ("plain" TIBCO Rendezvous messaging and TIBCO ActiveEnterprise (AE) formats), TIBCO EMS messaging, and sending and receiving AE messages by using TIBCO EMS.
    - Testing applications on z/OS®
      You can test applications on IBM® z/OS® systems by using the capabilities that are supported for mainframes by HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
    - Managing credentials
      If you have external resources that must be accessed by project or test resources in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) and you do not want to expose the credentials used to access the external resources, then you can implement a user-defined access in a credential management system.
    - Configuration of virtual IP addresses as virtual clients
      You can find information about how to configure virtual IP addresses in the operating system, and then use the virtual IP addresses to configure them as virtual clients in tests or as virtual servers in stubs.
    - Configuration of test runs in a GitHub Actions Workflow
      You can configure test runs of test resources that you create in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) in a GitHub Actions Workflow. You can choose to run test resources in the GitHub Workflow when you do not want to run the test resources without opening Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Security vulnerabilities testing by using HCL® AppScan
      You can use HCL® AppScan to scan all HTTP traffic that is generated as part of integration testing in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) for security vulnerabilities.
  - Extending DevOps Test Integrations and APIs functionality by using custom functions
    You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) custom function class. Test Integrations and APIs custom function is a Java™ class that extends the com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
  - Working in non-GUI mode
    You can use the tools and executable files that are provided along with the product software. You can use these tools to perform different test actions in a non-GUI mode.
- Tester Guide - Service Virtualization
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for using virtual services or stubs to simulate parts of an environment if the real services are not yet available or because they are difficult or expensive to use. This guide is intended for API Testers.

Subscribing to messages

You can retrieve messages from a Kafka transport broker by using the subscribe action in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) tests. You must select the transport and formatter to subscribe to the Kafka messages.