OpenAPI 3.0 Links

[otoniel-isidoro]

Hi,

First of all, thank you for developing the RestTestGen tool! We are currently using it in our university course with our students, and it has been incredibly valuable.

I’m curious whether RestTestGen supports the use of OpenAPI Links (https://swagger.io/docs/specification/v3_0/links/) to define how fields from an API response can be used as input parameters for other API calls.

If this feature is not yet available, it would be a fantastic enhancement for the tool, as it would allow for more comprehensive test generation by leveraging API response relationships.

[davidecorradini]

Dear Otoniel,

Thank you for your message and for being a valued user of RestTestGen!

I regret to inform you that the current version of RestTestGen does not support the OpenAPI feature you mentioned. Our research indicated that there are not many OpenAPI specifications that include links, which led us to focus our efforts on other areas.

However, we can certainly consider this for future updates. Implementing support for links would require a few technical adjustments, including:

• Enhancing our custom parsers to support links
• Define a new component of the class OperationsSorter that utilizes these links to sequence API calls

I will keep you updated on any decisions regarding this feature. Additionally, as an open-source project, we welcome contributions from the community!

Best regards,
Davide