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smakkerlak
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

asserting unique ids

I would like to find sort of a "best practice" solution to this problem.   I need to have an unique id with all my requests. I have to assert that the response contains the same id. If i make a sm...
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  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    8 years ago

    You can use property expansion to refer to the current request:

    ${Test Step Name#Request#<json path expression>}

    For example, if the request body is

    {"id": "${#TestCase#ID}"}

    the assertion can refer to the request field "id" as:

    ${TestStep Name#Request#$.id}
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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
8 years ago

You can use property expansion to refer to the current request:

${Test Step Name#Request#<json path expression>}

For example, if the request body is

{"id": "${#TestCase#ID}"}

the assertion can refer to the request field "id" as:

${TestStep Name#Request#$.id}
  • smakkerlak's avatar
    smakkerlak
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    Thank you, you have saved me a lot of time. I felt like this should be possible but couldnt find the right information.

     

    Out of curiosity, can i do a self reference in a property expansion? If i can do something like ${#self#request} i won't have trouble if i copy/move/rename my things.

    • HKosova's avatar
      HKosova
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      8 years ago
      ${${=context.currentStep.label}#Request#$.id}
      • smakkerlak's avatar
        smakkerlak
        Occasional Contributor
        8 years ago

        Ofcourse. Thank you again.