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Serg1981
Occasional Contributor
13 years ago

Assert kml elements in soapUI

I have kml response, so is it possible to assert elements with XPath assertions?
I know that element can be found with contain/not contain assertions, but I'd like to find elements with something like XPath (IMHO: this assertion type is the best for xml based responses). Is there a way to convert kml response to xml to use XPath assertions?

For example, I need to check coordinates within the response:
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ns3="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0">
   <Document>
      <name>System Layer</name>
      <Placemark>
         <name>Name1</name>
         <ComponentString>
            <coordinates>5, 2</coordinates>
         </ComponentString>
      </Placemark>
      <Placemark>
         <name>Name2</name>
         <ComponentString>
            <coordinates>6, 8</coordinates>
         </ComponentString>
      </Placemark>
   </Document>
</kml>


I cannot find element <coordinates>5, 2</coordinates> with XPath: "//kml/Document/Placemark/ComponentString[1]/coordinates"
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

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  • pflaumengeist's avatar
    pflaumengeist
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    never tried XPath, how about XmlParser?


    map = [
     "Name1" : "5, 2",
     "Name2" : "6, 89"
    ]

    def file =
    """
    <kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ns3="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0">
     <Document>
      <name>System Layer</name>
      <Placemark>
       <name>Name1</name>
       <ComponentString>
        <coordinates>5, 2</coordinates>
       </ComponentString>
      </Placemark>
      <Placemark>
       <name>Name2</name>
       <ComponentString>
        <coordinates>6, 8</coordinates>
       </ComponentString>
      </Placemark>
     </Document>
    </kml>
    """

    xml = new XmlParser().parseText(file);

    xml.Document.Placemark.each {
     assert it.ComponentString.coordinates.text() == map[it.name.text()]
    }


    This will, intentionally, throw an error for the second set of coordinates.