Email inbox apiary
APIary is a popular tool for designing, testing, and documenting APIs. Here's an example of how you can use APIary to interact with an email inbox:
API Definition
Let's assume we have an email inbox API that allows us to retrieve, create, update, and delete emails. We can define the API using APIary's syntax:
# Email Inbox API
## GET /emails
* summary: Retrieve a list of emails
* responses:
200:
description: A list of emails
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/definitions/Email'
## POST /emails
* summary: Create a new email
* parameters:
- in: body
name: email
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Email'
* responses:
201:
description: The created email
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Email'
## GET /emails/{id}
* summary: Retrieve an email by ID
* parameters:
- in: path
name: id
type: integer
* responses:
200:
description: The email
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Email'
## PUT /emails/{id}
* summary: Update an email
* parameters:
- in: path
name: id
type: integer
- in: body
name: email
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Email'
* responses:
200:
description: The updated email
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Email'
## DELETE /emails/{id}
* summary: Delete an email
* parameters:
- in: path
name: id
type: integer
* responses:
204:
description: The email was deleted
Email Definition
We also need to define the Email
schema:
# Email
* type: object
* properties:
id:
type: integer
subject:
type: string
body:
type: string
from:
type: string
to:
type: array
items:
type: string
cc:
type: array
items:
type: string
bcc:
type: array
items:
type: string
sentAt:
type: string
format: date-time
APIary Test
Now, let's create a test for the API using APIary's test syntax:
# Test: Email Inbox API
## Test: Retrieve a list of emails
* request:
method: GET
path: /emails
* response:
status: 200
body:
emails:
- id: 1
subject: Test Email
body: This is a test email
from: [email protected]
to:
- [email protected]
cc:
- [email protected]
bcc:
- [email protected]
sentAt: 2023-03-01T14:30:00Z
## Test: Create a new email
* request:
method: POST
path: /emails
body:
email:
subject: New Email
body: This is a new email
from: [email protected]
to:
- [email protected]
cc:
- [email protected]
bcc:
- [email protected]
* response:
status: 201
body:
email:
id: 2
subject: New Email
body: This is a new email
from: [email protected]
to:
- [email protected]
cc:
- [email protected]
bcc:
- [email protected]
sentAt: 2023-03-01T14:30:00Z
## Test: Retrieve an email by ID
* request:
method: GET
path: /emails/1
* response:
status: 200
body:
email:
id: 1
subject: Test Email
body: This is a test email
from: [email protected]
to:
- [email protected]
cc:
- [email protected]
bcc:
- [email protected]
sentAt: 2023-03-01T14:30:00Z
## Test: Update an email
* request:
method: PUT
path: /emails/1
body:
email:
subject: Updated Email
body: This is an updated email
* response:
status: 200
body:
email:
id: 1
subject: Updated Email
body: This is an updated email
from: [email protected]
to:
- [email protected]
cc:
- [email protected]
bcc:
- [email protected]
sentAt: 2023-03-01T14:30:00Z
## Test: Delete an email
* request:
method: DELETE
path: /emails/1
* response:
status: 204
Running the Test
To run the test, you can use APIary's command-line tool or the APIary web interface. The test will verify that the API responds correctly to the specified requests.
Note that this is just a simple example, and you may need to add more tests and scenarios to thoroughly test your email inbox API.