# Prerequisites

The following requirements must be fulfilled before performing Webservice Automation in Avo Assure:

* **API Endpoint URL**: A valid endpoint URL for each API service that needs to be tested.&#x20;
* **Authentication Details**: Required credentials such as API keys, tokens, or login details for APIs that mandate authentication.&#x20;
* **HTTP Method**: Ensure you are familiar with standard HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE.
* **Test Data Storage**: Ensure the required test data files are uploaded in a Segregated Avo Storage location so that you can be accessed during execution, if it is configured in the Avo Storage
* **Form-Data File Upload Limit**: When you use the form-data body format, you can upload up to 50 files. Each file can have a maximum size of 20 MB, so the total file upload capacity is 1000 MB.
* **Supported Form-Data File Upload formats**: txt, .csv, .log, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .json, .xml, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .svg


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.avoautomation.com/avo-assure/avo-assure-supported-technologies-for-automation/webservice-automation/prerequisites.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.
