Compare only the format (not the content) of 2 XML responses

Question

How do i compare only the format of 2 XML responses and make sure they keep the same order?

I would like to:

Send a PUT request1 that contains right XML elements -> Get RESPONSE1 format (i dont care about the inside content)

Send a PUT request2 that contains same XML elements but in a different order -> Get same RESPONSE1 format (i dont care about the inside content)

I just want to confirm that the responses are in the same format of XML elements and the order of the XML elements is still the same. .

karelhusa · Answer

I compare XML documents with XMLUnit Java library. The documentation of XMLUnit is here: https://github.com/xmlunit/user-guide/wiki .

I make a comparisson test case in SoapUI containing steps:

1. Soap request to a service A

2. Soap request to a service B

3. Groovy script to compare the response of step1 with the response of step2

The test case is successfull when all 3 test steps succeed.

I found effective to develop a Java library and place the jar file into bin/ext folder of SoapUI. Then I import my classes in the Groovy script and keep the Groovy code rather small. But you can put XMLUnit jar into your bin/ext folder and start straight away within Groovy script.

Actually, it would be great if SoapUI introduced such functionality out-of-the-box (compare test step), selecting two documents, choosing which way to compare (e.g. structure only) and which parts to ignore (using XPath expressions).

Karel

nmrao · Answer

See if this thread is helpfulhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/40743664/groovy-compare-soap-response-with-xml-file

nmrao · Answer

KarelHusa, that is a good product improvement idea.

It can be raised using below link & up votes may lead to product owner to consider for an enhancement & productize it.

https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Feature-Requests/idb-p/SoapUIFeatureRequests

karelhusa · Answer

nmrao, I have raised a new feature request:https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Feature-Requests/Compare-test-step/idi-p/134568&nbsp;Karel&nbsp;

fazlook · Answer

Just a reminder for help :)&nbsp;

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