Practice Challenges for UI & API Automation

Ensure line items, taxes, promotions, and totals never drift.

Test ideas

• Add/remove SKUs and verify subtotal math updates correctly
• Apply coupons, stack promotions, and assert discount copy
• Trigger out-of-stock handling and confirm disabling of checkout CTA

Great for Selenium · Playwright · Cypress

Validate UX when payment gateways succeed, fail, or time out.

Test ideas

• Mock payment success/failure via API explorer or cy.intercept
• Assert toast messages, error banners, and recovery flows
• Confirm orders land in /app/orders with accurate statuses

Ideal for hybrid API + UI testing

List filtering, table assertions, and toast confirmations.

Test ideas

• Place order via UI/API then verify row details + totals
• Filter orders by status and confirm empty state copy
• Download receipts or detail views and assert metadata

Use Cypress component tests or Playwright traces

Validate editor formatting, autosave, and accessibility.

Test ideas

• Apply bold/italic/links and ensure preview mirrors source
• Autosave drafts and confirm status chips update
• Run axe scans for color contrast + keyboard focus

Perfect for Cypress component testing

Guarantee filters + search return expected notes.

Test ideas

• Create tagged notes, then filter via chip UI
• Search by keyword and compare to API /notes response
• Validate empty state guidance for no results

Leverage Playwright locators with data-test ids

Simulate multi-user editing and permissions.

Test ideas

• Share notes and confirm avatar stack updates real time
• Attempt unauthorized edits and assert warning copy
• Review audit log entries in admin panel for compliance

Blend UI + API contract tests

Ensure every field surfaces friendly, automation-friendly errors.

Test ideas

• Submit empty form and capture inline validation IDs
• Test password strength meter edge cases
• Validate success path redirects to /app/dashboard

Great starter for Selenium or Cypress

Confirm tokens, cookies, and localStorage behave.

Test ideas

• Login, refresh, and ensure session persists
• Force token expiry (via API Explorer) and assert reauth flow
• Toggle theme preference and confirm it survives logout/login

Use Playwright storageState utilities

Model OTP and reset links with negative coverage.

Test ideas

• Trigger forgot password and capture email copy (mocked)
• Attempt expired token usage and assert friendly error
• Reset password then audit /auth/login telemetry ribbon

Combine API mocks with UI regression tests

Confirm only admins reach /admin routes and widgets.

Test ideas

• Login as user vs admin and assert redirects
• Check each KPI card data-test id vs API payload
• Attempt admin API calls without scope and expect 403

Great for contract + UI parity tests

Dashboard charts, sparklines, and stats panels.

Test ideas

• Intercept analytics endpoint and validate fallback skeletons
• Compare chart totals to table data for accuracy
• Screenshot diff metric cards after data refresh

Use Playwright tracing or Cypress visual tools

Review latest notes/orders and take action.

Test ideas

• Approve/deny notes and ensure status chips change
• Bulk update order statuses, assert toast + activity log
• Verify pagination + filters keep selection state

Ideal for WebdriverIO suites

Basic health, auth, and CRUD coverage.

Test ideas

• Ping /api/health and assert structure
• Login + list products within a single test
• Document results in your reporting framework

Great for Postman, Newman, REST Assured

Prep data for UI suites using APIs.

Test ideas

• Create carts/orders before UI tests run
• Reset fixtures post-test to keep state stable
• Expose helper functions in your automation repo

Pair with Selenium or Playwright

Assert schema, status codes, and chaos behaviour.

Test ideas

• Validate JSON schema for /api/v1/orders responses
• Trigger negative paths (401/403/422) intentionally
• Log metrics to Grafana or custom dashboards

Run in CI as nightly suites