# Automation-First Approach Using the Karate API Testing Framework

DevFeed: [Automation-First Approach Using the Karate API Testing Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automation-first-approach-using-the-karate-api-testing-framework-27978.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tech.trivago.com/post/2019-11-14-apitestautomationusingkarate/>)

Author: Anila Saifan Software Engineer QA; Test Automation enthusiast

Published: 2019-11-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Trivago](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trivago.md>)

Topics: [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Behavior-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bdd.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Maven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maven.md>), [Cucumber](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cucumber.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-testing.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [bdd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bdd.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [given-when-then](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/given-when-then.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [maven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maven.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [specflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/specflow.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use Karate, an open-source API test automation tool, with behavior-driven development syntax. It covers project setup with Java and Maven, writing API tests, running them, and using custom functions.

## Source excerpt

Adopting an automation-first mindset is the first step to reduce manual and repetitive work. Thinking this way enables us to move faster, and more efficiently. It unburdens us from mundane, repe...