Setup Karate Framework in Eclipse

 

Step by Step Guide

 Install Eclipse IDE

The first step in creating a Karate project in Eclipse is to install the Eclipse IDE. You can download it from the official website https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Once downloaded, you can install Eclipse by following the installation wizard.

Install Karate Plugin

After installing Eclipse, the next step is to install the Karate plugin. You can install it by following these steps:

1. Open Eclipse and click on the Help menu

2. Select Eclipse Marketplace from the drop-down menu

3. Search for Karate in the marketplace search bar

4. Click on the Install button next to the Karate plugin

5. Follow the installation wizard and restart Eclipse once the installation is complete

Step 1: Create a new Maven project in Eclipse

To get started, open Eclipse and follow the steps below:

1. Click on File > New > Other.

2. In the wizard, select Maven > Maven Project and click Next.

3. Select the Create a simple project (skip archetype selection) checkbox and click Next.

4. Provide a Group Id and Artifact Id for your project, and click Finish.

4. Click Finish to create the project

Step 2- Add Karate to Your Project

To add Karate to your project, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the pom.xml file in your project.

2. Add the following dependency to the dependencies section of the pom.xml file:

<dependency>

    <groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>

    <artifactId>karate-apache</artifactId>

    <version>0.9.4</version>

    <scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

<dependency>

    <groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>

    <artifactId>karate-junit4</artifactId>

    <version>0.9.4</version>

    <scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

Step 3 – Create a feature file

To create a feature file for your Karate project, follow the steps below:

1. Right-click on your project and select New > File.

2. Enter a name for your feature file with the extension .feature. For example, myfeature.feature.

3. In the new file, add the following code to create a simple Karate test:

Feature: Testing my API

Scenario: Test GET operation

When method GET

Then status 200

Step 4 – Run your Karate test

To run your Karate test, follow the steps below:

1. Right-click on the feature file that you created and select Run As > JUnit Test.

2. Karate will use Cucumber-JVM to run your tests, and the output will be displayed in the JUnit window.