How to test endpoints and microservices with python

• It is also possible to test endpoints with postman and you may enjoy that method.

This sample script authenticates with the LMS and then uses the identity returned to interact with a microservice. This is similar to how a real user would interact with a microservice through an MFE. You can copy it, pull out the PIE service, and put in your own calls.

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The useful things this does that you will want to steal for your own test script:

• gets CSRF tokens so you can actually POST to various endpoints

• hands the JWT identity cookies over to the microservice call

• sets the magic header without which those identity cookies will not be picked up by the microservice

• sets a few other headers needed by the endpoints

Services calling each other do not use this login method, so you will need to rebuild the script using a client ID and secret, similar to this OAuth Client script in postman.