I hated wasting time on writing api tests, so I made AI do it quickly
for me
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Basti_W · 2023-11-16 14:10

I'm a software dev. for 10 years and worked a lot with APIs. Testing
them was important, but I noticed it can be tricky. Especially,
writing the tests was annoying. I’ve found no easy way around it.

I made a tool that helped me gain 90% test coverage in a few minutes
and with the deadline for an important project.

It took me a long time in experimenting with prompting and getting it
running in the CLI. I made a tool out of it and got it working for
others.

I have a couple of people using it already, but for the next week I
opened 20 spots for a free trial. Hopefully that helps me  to
understand how people can use it better.

So you can run it free for one month. Click on the link below to try
it out.
[https://ai.stepci.com/?utm\_source=reddit](https://ai.stepci.com/?utm
_source=reddit)

I’d love to give it for free to a few people who really need it. I
hope to gain some insights and understand the use-cases better, but
also help you gain test coverage.

PS: Sadly for now it only works with an OpenAPI Spec.

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waterslurpingnoises · 2023-11-16 14:33

Let the AI write tests for you, yes.. How can it possibly go wrong?

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Basti_W · 2023-11-16 14:42

The tests have a high quality. Is this what you are worried about?
They cover edge cases and resemble handwritten ones. I mean depending
on the author they are better than human written ones.

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CosineTau · 2023-11-16 15:43

Very interesting, good work.

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illegalsmolcat · 2023-11-16 16:53

10 years doing the work wrong, apparently. lol