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Nishi
Contributor
13 years ago

using XPath assertion in SoapUI free version

I have been trying to get the syntax for X-Path to use in assertions.

I had given the following in X-Path expression (basically trying it for sample screen shots on smartbear site)

declare namespace wsr2w='http://research.sun.com/wadl/2006/10/r2w/services/rest/rwSearch/doSearch/';
//wsr2w/searchResponse[1]

Here it does not like namespace declaration and fails to recognize second line - it is simply appending it as
'http://research.sun.com/wadl/2006/10/r2w/services/rest/rwSearch/doSearch/';//wsr2w/searchResponse[1]

Totally clueless what it is expecting at this point.

Expected Result:

<wsr2w:searchResponse>
<totalSize>1</totalSize>
</wsr2w:searchResponse>

Could someone refer to me a site where I can understand and learn about XPath notation required for SoapUI?

Thanks,

11 Replies

  • AnandD's avatar
    AnandD
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Please try


    declare namespace wsr2w='http://research.sun.com/wadl/2006/10/r2w/services/rest/rwSearch/doSearch/';
    //wsr2w:searchResponse[1]


    Thanks,
    Anand
  • Nishi's avatar
    Nishi
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    I declared the namespace as you had suggested - your sample looks the same as in my original post.
    It simply keeps appending the two strings (from the two lines) including quotes ' and ;.

    And also in the reponse can i specify value of my node like 1.

    Or do I need to have a namespace declaration again.
  • AnandD's avatar
    AnandD
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Nishi,
    The XPATH used in SOAP UI is standard XPATH. So learning the basics for e.g. from W3Schools http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp should suffice for starters.
    I'm not sure if its only me, but i'm not fully able to understand the issue. Could you please provide the complete XML document you are trying to traverse or provide some screen shots if possible of what you say is the discripency. That should help better understand the problem

    Thanks
  • Nishi's avatar
    Nishi
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    I am using Rest Services. Could not find the log file to send error message from XPath assertion.
    Message on the screen is too lengthy to take a screen shot.
    Once I figure out a way to capture error message - I would send my reply.

    Thanks,
    -Nishi
  • Nishi's avatar
    Nishi
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi Anand,

    Thanks for the log file info. Did not expect logs to be in bin folder .
    Trying to edit log4j.xml to move them to a separate folder.

    I got my logs and data now. There was nothing specific in the logs, infact there were no errors in logs.
    My assertion was a failure on screen - did not see a corresponding error message in log file.
    Are the assertion failures logged somewhere? Do we need to tweak log4j.xml for it?

    I am attaching a file with my XPATH declaration along with error message from screen and log file info.

    Appreciate your time and response.

    Thanks,
    -Nishi
  • AnandD's avatar
    AnandD
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Could you please post the complete response of your REST service as well...

    Thanks
  • AnandD's avatar
    AnandD
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    In the response i did not see any namespace declaration. In which case the below XPath query should fetch you the totalSize element.
    Note: You do not need to declare a namespace in your XPath Assertion as per the response you have attached. 

    /searchResponse/totalSize


    Thanks
  • Nishi's avatar
    Nishi
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    That was it!

    So since I do not have namespace declaration in my response.
    I traverse to the child element and give the path in X-Path declaration, kind of easier in my case.