robotframework-restinstance-skill

RESTinstance is a REST API testing library with built-in JSON validation, schema support, and OpenAPI/Swagger spec integration. It provides a fluent interface for API testing with automatic response validation.

| Built-in assertions | Yes | No (use RF assertions) | | JSON Schema validation | Yes | No (need JSONLibrary) | | OpenAPI/Swagger support | Yes | No | | Response type validation | Yes (String, Integer, etc.) | Manual | | State management | Automatic instance tracking | Session-based |

| GET | GET /endpoint | GET request | | POST | POST /endpoint {"json": "body"} | POST with JSON | | PUT | PUT /endpoint {"json": "body"} | Replace resource | | PATCH | PATCH /endpoint {"json": "body"} | Partial update | | DELETE | DELETE /endpoint | Delete resource | | HEAD | HEAD /endpoint | Headers only |