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  "id": 1110462,
  "title": "Building a Custom API Testing Framework Using Playwright and TypeScript",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/building-a-custom-api-testing-framework-using-playwright-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-15T20:08:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/shefali_qa/building-a-custom-api-testing-framework-using-playwright-and-typescript-56ja"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "1. Introduction & API Testing Strategy While Playwright is widely known for UI automation, its built-in API request context provides a lightweight, highly efficient framework for REST API testing without needing Postman or RestAssured. Executing API tests within Playwright allows for seamless integration tests—such as generating test data via API requests before executing end-to-end browser…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}