Testing web services using xUnit
There are multiple ways to test web services:
- Automated testing frameworks like xUnit, NUnit, and MSTest
- HTTP request editors like REST Client for VS Code or HTTP Editor in Visual Studio
- GUI tools like Postman, NSwag, or Swagger UI
Warning!
Swashbuckle package integration will be removed in .NET 9. You can learn more about this at the following link: https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/54599. The ASP.NET Core team will replace the OpenAPI document generation with a built-in feature, but they have no plans to replace the user interface for testing.
One of the trickier aspects of testing web services is how to host the web service during testing and how to simulate an HTTP context. Integration tests for ASP.NET Core projects require the following:
- A test project to contain and execute the tests. The test project has a reference to the website or web service project...