Karate framework follows the Cucumber style of writing the program which follows the BDD approach. Prefer classpath: when a file is expected to be heavily re-used all across your project. Note that embedded expressions will be evaluated even when you read() from a JSON or XML file. """, # note the 'text' keyword instead of 'def', """ But you can prefix the name with classpath: in which case the root folder would be src/test/java (assuming you are using the recommended folder structure). { id: 42, name: 'Wild' } It returns the Element representation of whichever element was found first, so that you can perform conditional logic to handle accordingly. Karate does not attempt to have tests be in natural language like how Cucumber tests are traditionally expected to be. Ideally it should return pure JSON and note that you always get a deep clone of the cached result object. Comprehensive support for different flavors of HTTP calls: You can easily choose features and tags to run and compose test-suites in a very flexible manner. Karate Framework for web automation. This will fail the test if the element does not appear after the configured number of re-tries have been attempted. There are 2 variants, one that takes an integer as the param, in which case the frame is selected based on the order of appearance in the page: Or you use a locator that points to the