ApiBolt Test Engine (ABTestEngine)

A full-featured API testing DSL inside ApiBolt. Every line executes immediately and stores a test result.

Core Idea

ABTestEngine provides multiple assertion layers:

status()HTTP status testing

body()Response body validation

headers()Headers validation

cookies()Cookies validation

ab.envEnvironment variable access

group()Organize tests into blocks

print()Log values to console

code()Log formatted code blocks

summary()Generate visual summary

expect()All-In-One Unified API — dual mode: value or response

Negation (.not)

Every assertion supports .not for logical inversion. It flips only the last executed test.

ab.status("check").not.toBe(200);
ab.body("check").not.toContain("error");
ab.headers("check").not.toHaveHeader("x-powered-by");
ab.cookies("session").not.toBe("invalid");

Summary Matrix

Category	Primary Method
Status	`expect()`
Body	`expect()`
Headers	`expect()`
Cookies	`expect()`
Environment	`ab.env`
Negation	`.not`

Final Rules & Philosophy

Every call immediately creates a test result.
expect() is dual mode — pass a value, or test the full response.
No chaining like Jest — each assertion is independent.
Headers are case-insensitive.
Cookies support optional name lookup or full-list access with ab.cookies().
.not flips only the last executed test.
Grouping isolates test blocks for clean reporting.

"One method. Full control. Zero confusion."