JSON Property transfer passing the wrong value from RawRequest

Hey,

From what I understand you are doing it like:

1. Generate a random number and use it in a request;

2. Obtain the previous raw request and extract that number;

3. Use the number again in another request.

I would do it differently:

1. Generate the number and store it in a property;

2. Use it wherever and whenever you want.

Example (I use HTTP requests but you can use anything else - there won't be any difference):

The groovy script can look something like this:

// Generate a random number
def randomNumber = org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(12)

// Save the value in a test case property for later use
testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue( "randomNumber", randomNumber )

And then whenever you need to refer to the generated number you can just do it as in:

...so ${#TestCase#nameOfYourProperty}

I think this is a cleaner way to go. Cheers! :)

Thanks Lucian for the quick feedback. Really appreciate it.

I understand your suggestion and it should probably work, will give it a try. But still it is not what I was expecting from the tool.

Going in a bit more details this is how my test case is today:

1. REST call #1 (where random number is created)
2. Property transfer (where random number is retrieved and where a parameter from REST response from step 1 is also retrieved)
3. REST call #2 (where random number is used together with parameter from REST response)

So it would all fit under these 3 steps.

With the addition of groovy script, then it would be 4 steps instead.

1. Groovy script to create random number
2. REST call #1 (where random number is used as a parameter)
3. Property transfer (where a parameter from REST response from step 1 is retrieved)
4. REST call #2 (where random number parameter is used together with parameter from REST response)

Would be good to know if there is a way around using just the 3 steps and if this can be considered as a bug in the tool (as this works fine using SOAP requests). Otherwise, would go with your suggestion with the 4 steps.

Thanks once again.

Here is one example:

This is a dummy request with id: 

This is how the raw request is:

POST ### HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 22
Host: ###
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1.1 (java 1.5)
Cookie: ###
Cookie2: $Version=1
Authorization: Basic ###

{	
	"id":3900356170,
}

And this is how the value is when taken with PropertyTransfer:

Can you replicate this behavior?

I also tried using the function currentTimeMillis, but the value transferred was always different as well.

"id":${=System.currentTimeMillis()}

Very strange... I also have version SoapUI version 5.4.0.

But thanks again for the help and your time.