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trk's avatar
trk
New Contributor
7 years ago

JSON Property transfer passing the wrong value from RawRequest

Hi,

 

I am using SoapUI 5.4.0. I have a REST request where one random ID is automatically generated within the request (using RandomStringUtils). Code would look like this:

 

"id":${=org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(12)}

 

This works fine. I then need to use this exact same id , in another request.

 

Idea is to use Property Transfer to send this id to a testSuite parameter and then in the second request I can use the parameter instead.

 

In Property Transfer, in the Source part i choose the first call, in Property i choose RawRequest and PathLanguage I choose JSONPath. Then I just write the parameter I want to transfer, in this case: $id

 

For some strange reason, whenever I transfer the parameter, a different value is passed instead of the existing parameter in the RawRequest.

 

I have also tried to generate this id using the currentTimeMillis:

 

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

And also having the same behavior, where the Id transferred by PropertyTransfer is not the same as the one in the RawRequest.

 

I have tried the same procedure using SOAP, and had no problems there, thats why I suspect this is only related to REST/JSON.

 

Have any of you experienced a similar situation? Any ideas to get this corrected?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

 

  • Lucian's avatar
    Lucian
    Community Hero

    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! :)

  • trk's avatar
    trk
    New Contributor

    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.

     

    • Lucian's avatar
      Lucian
      Community Hero
      Can you post a dummy request/ response/ screenshot etc? I am working quite a lot with properties and I am not aware of this bug (there was a bug involving dynamic Json paths recently but I don't think this is causing this)
  • trk's avatar
    trk
    New Contributor

    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()}

     

    • Lucian's avatar
      Lucian
      Community Hero

      Not sure what the problem might be but it works just fine for me.

       

       

      I have SoapUI 5.4.0.

  • trk's avatar
    trk
    New Contributor

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


    But thanks again for the help and your time.