The REST Assured Setup Nobody Shows You: Handling Auth Tokens That Expire Mid-Suite

Most REST Assured tutorials show you a single given().when().then() against a sample API and call it done. That's fine for learning the syntax, but it doesn't cover what you actually need on a real project things like config per environment, clean test structure, and handling auth tokens that expire while the suite is running. I'm Mukhammadjon Sanaev, a QA Automation Engineer in San Francisco. I've worked across e-commerce, logistics, and sports tech. This post walks through a simple REST Assure