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qTest API Specification

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Introduction 

This document provides the specifications of qTest APIs V3 services available for Premium and Elite packages for both OnDemand and OnPremise deployment models.

The interactive documentation for the current API Specification can be found here.

IMPORTANT:

  • For automation integrations, make sure to Activate Automation Settings in your qTest project. If this isn't enabled, the automation parameter of the API calls will be invalid.
  • Attachment size limit for attachments uploaded via API is consistent with attachments uploaded via UI:
    • OnDemand: attachment size limit is 50 MB
    • OnPremise: attachment size limit can be configured in Site Administration

Overview

Each qTest object, like a Test Case or a Requirement, is considered a resource. A resource is uniquely identified by a URI. To access a resource, the external application has to make an HTTP request to the resource’s URI and get the response.

API Request includes the following elements:

  • URI: to identify the resource.
  • HTTP method: to specify the action that will be applied to the resource.
  • HTTP headers: to specify additional information, including the data format for the request body and the response body.
  • Request body: to include data that need to be processed by qTest API.

API Response includes the following elements:

  • HTTP status code: to indicate the result of the request.
  • HTTP headers: to specify additional information, including the data format for the response body.
  • Response body: the result to process the resource.

Authentication:

  • In order for an external application to access qTest resources, the client must call the Login API with an Authentication Token from the qTest Resources Page.
  • This token will never expire unless the Client calls Revoke Token API, or terminates the session from Site Administration.
  • Note: API sessions do not count towards the maximum 3 sessions allowed per user. API sessions also do not count towards the account concurrency limit, if the subscription based on the concurrent license model (instead of named license model).

Structure of the URI

URIs for resources provided by qTest API have the following structure: <qTest_base_URI>/<path_to_resource>

  • OnDemand: The <qTest_base_URI> has the form of https://<your_site_ name>.qtestnet.com 
  • OnPremise: The <qTest_base_URI> should be the URL to access your instance

The <path_to_resource> is documented below for each resource:

HTTP Headers

Name Description
Authorization A token included with requests to identify the requester. This header has to be included in all requests other than the login request.
Accept-Type A standard MIME type describes the format of the response data that the API client can process. For more information, go to http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.17.
Accept-Type in most of the requests will be application/json
Content-Type A standard MIME type describes the format of the object data. For more information, go to http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.17.
Content-Type in most of the requests and responses will be application/json

 

Response Codes

Code Description
200 qTest is able to query or update the information of the requested resource successfully.
201 qTest is able to create a resource with submitted information successfully.
400 The submitted data is invalid to qTest. This is most likely due to wrong format, wrong passed in data type or unknown properties inside the data. In this case, correct the data before retrying.
401 The request authentication information is missing. This is most likely due to the API client has not logged in, or the HTTP header Authorization is missing.
402 Your qTest Edition does not support using API. If you wish to upgrade your qTest, please contact our Sales Representatives.
403 The requester account does not have proper permissions to make the request. In this case, grant necessary permissions to the account on qTest admin.
404 No resource identified by the requested URI could be found. This is most likely due to a wrong URI, or the resource has been deleted.
405 The data format is not supported by qTest. In this case, check the HTTP headers Content-Type and Accept-Type.
412 Pre-conditions have failed. The likeliest reason is some of the required properties are missing.
500 qTest has failed to process the request unexpectedly. This is likely caused by a qTest’s internal issue.

 

Links and Relationships

qTest API’s response includes references to related resources which are referred to as links. The links enable the API client to discover related resources without having to either understand the relationship between resources or manually compose those resources’ URIs. Making use of these links will increase the compatibility of your application with future changes in qTest API. For example, consider the data of a Test Case:

 {  
      "links": [   
      {   
           "rel": "self",   
           "href": "http://192.168.74.69:8486/tc/api/v3/projects/1/test-cases/355/versions/2238"   
      },   
      {   
           "rel": "test-steps",   
           "href": "http://192.168.74.69:8486/tc/api/v3/projects/1/test-cases/355/versions/2238/test-steps"   
      },   
      {   
           "rel": "attachments",   
           "href": "http://192.168.74.69:8486/tc/api/v3/projects/1/test-cases/355/attachments"   
      }   
      ],   
      "id": 355,   
      …   
 }

By examining the “links” properties, the API client can get all test steps of this test cases at http://192.168.74.69:8486/tc/api/v3/projects/1/test-cases/355/versions/2238/test-steps

Each link includes two properties:

  • “href”: the URI that identifies the related resource.
  • “rel”: to indicate the relationship between the requested resource and the related resources.
Name Description
self The requested resource itself.
test-cases The relating test cases.
test-steps The relating test steps.
attachments The attachments of the requested resources.
execution-statuses The available statuses for the requested test run.

 

JSON Data Types

For data of type application/json, all JSON data type is supported, including:

  • Number
  • String
  • Boolean
  • Array
  • Object
  • Null
  • DateTime: represented as a String of its ISO 8601 format (yyyyMMdd’T’HH:mm:ssZZ).

Data Object Model

qTest Data Object Model at the concept level:

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Project

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number  
name String  
description String  
sample Boolean  
start_date DateTime  
end_date DateTime  
defect_tracking_systems Array of Defect Tracking Systems  

 

DefectvTracker

If a qTest project is configured to an external defect tracking system via Integration Settings, qTest will provide the connection information with get list project API.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number  
url String  
active Boolean indicate qTest is using this connection or not
connection_name String  
system_name String  

 

Module

The container to store Requirement and TestCase objects are also known as a Folder. A module can contain other Modules in a nested hierarchy.

Field Name Data Type Description
id Number  
name String Title of a module
description String Description of a module
web_url String web URL of the object

 

Requirement

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number Id of Requirement
name String Name of Requirement
type Number Type of Requirement
priority Number Priority of Requirement
target Number Target Release build
description String Description of Requirement
web_url String web URL of the object

 

Test Case

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number Id of Test Case
description String Description of Test Case
precondition String Precondition of Test Case
object_order Number Order of Test Case in Module
pid String Format ID of Test Case (For display)
test_steps Array of TestStep Steps of test case
test_case_version_id Long Id of version
attachments Array of Attachment  
web_url String web URL of the object

 

Test Step

A Test Step is nested inside a Test Case. A Test Case can have multiple Test Steps.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number Id of Test Step
description String Description of the Test Step
expected String Expected result of the Test Step 
order Number Order of the Test Step in the Test Case
attachments Array of Attachment  
called_test_case JSON object

This object includes 2 properties:

  • id: ID of the called Test Case
  • approved: if it is yes, the called  Test Case will be automatically approved in case it is unapproved. Otherwise, it will throw an error if the called Test Case is unapproved

 

Test Suite

The container for a Test Run.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
Id Number  
name String  
description String  
web_url String Web URL of the object

 

Test Run

An executable instance of an approved Test Case, which is planned for test execution.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
Id Number Id of the Test Run
test_case_version_id Number Id of Test Case version
name String name of Test Run
run_order Number order of Test Run in Test Suite
test_case TestCase order of test Run in Test Suite
web_url String web URL of the object

 

Test Log

The execution result of a Test Run. A test run can have multiple Test Logs, once for each time it's executed.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
status ExecutionStatus  
test_case_version_id Number Id of Test Case version
exe_start_date DateTime time when starting running test run (in ISO 8601 format)
exe_end_date DateTime time when finishing running test run (in ISO 8601 format)
user_id Number Id of user who ran test run
note String user’s comment
test_step_logs Array of TestStepLog  
attachments Array of Attachment List of Attachments of Test log
class_name String Class name of automation test
test_case TestCase  

 

Test Step Log

A test log contains a list of Test Step Logs. Each Test Step can have its own Execution Status and the actual result property.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
test_step_id Number Id of Test Step. In case the test step is calling another Test Case, this attribute is the ID of the executed Test Step in the called Test Case
parent_test_step_id Number In case the test step is calling another Test Case, this attribute is the ID of the test calling Test Step
user_id Number Id of the user who ran Test Run
status ExecutionStatus Status of Test Step log
actual_result String Actual result of Test Step
called_test_case_id Number Id of called Test Case if the Test Step is called "Test Step"
called_test_case_name String Name of called Test Case if the Test Step is called "Test Step"
run_order Number Order of step in test run
group Number To use in case there’s called test case steps. All steps of a called test case belong to a group.
test_step TestStep  
defects Array of LinkedDefect  


Execution Status

Represents the result of an execution.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number Id of Status
name String Label of status

 

Attachments

qTest objects: Requirement, Test Case, Test Run, Test Step, Test Log, Test Ste pLog can contain attachments.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
name String  
content_type String  
data String Base64Encode
web_url String web URL of the object

 

Field

The field of qTest's objects.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id long  
label String  
required boolean required field when submission new defect
constrained boolean if true, just use values in allowed_values only
order int order of field for display
multiple boolean can have multi-values (sample checkbox custom field)
attribute_type String can be String, LongText, DateTime, Number, Boolead, URL, ArrayNumber
allowed_values Array array of Key + Value as data of dropdown list

 

Property

Include field's id and value.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
field_id Number  
field_value String  

 

Defect

If a qTest project is connected to an external defect tracking system in Integration Settings, qTest will provide the connection information with get list project API.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number Id of defect(s) in qTest
external_defect_id String Id of defect in external defect tracking
connection_id Number Id of defect tracking connection in qTest
connection_id Number Id of defect tracking connection in qTest
external_project_id String If it is a rally defect, external project id is “href” of rally project. It is for linking to exactly defect in Rally Web
web_url String web URL of the object

 

Defect Link

Link across a test log step to a qTest's defect or defect stored in an external tracking system.

Attribute Name Data Type Description
id Number Id of defect in qTest
external_defect_id String Id of defect in external defect tracking
connection_id Number Id of defect tracking connection in qTest
external_project_id String If it is a rally defect, external project id is “href” of rally project. It is for linking to exactly defect in Rally Web.
web_url String web URL of the object

 

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