Cucumber with and without Rest - Assured. What are the advantages?

Question

Currently my team uses Cucumber as a testing framework.

We need to start testing REST web services. I understood that REST-Assured is one of the leading tools for that.

Can these tools be used in coordination? An example or a link would be great.
If yes, what are the advantages of using Rest-Assured together with Cucumber?
Also I've heard about Serenity. What are its advantages over Cucumber, if any, and is it recommended to use?

Thanks!

I'm not the downvoter, but I would guess that because your point 3 makes your question too broad for a single question. Asking if Rest-Assured can be used with Cucumber and if so what advantages does that bring makes a good question. Questions you have about Cucumber vs Serenity should probably be a separate question. — Kate Paulk, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 15:48
Thank you Kate. It maybe that you are right, but maybe not. To avoid unnecessary anger, it would have been better if downvoting was enforcing an explanation of the reason. — dushkin, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 16:33
@dushkin In my experience, it's better to just not let it get to you =) — corsiKa, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 18:27

João Farias · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-13 13:10:21Z

1 - Sure.

Cucumber is a test runner. The goal of this kind of tool is only to execute a suite with certain structure is a certain way.

Cucumber manages the execution of certain methods according to the matches of .feature files.

Rest-assure is a library. It abstracts HTTP calls.

You can add anything under Cucumber step definition methods, including statements with Rest Assured.

More details here.

2 - You will be able to abstract HTTP calls due Rest Assured and define scenarios in a BDD fashion.

3 - Mostly opinion-based; both have a similar learning-curve and features.

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