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rvteja1990
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Assertion for raw response

I have been trying to create an assertion for raw response. I got a requirement in which whenever i see a response with Invalid URI in headers, it should fail. This is how it is displayed in response...
  • AntonE's avatar
    AntonE
    9 years ago

    You can use startsWith method to check that a string has a required beginning:

     

    def expectedHTTPResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI'
    def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
    def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
    assert actualHTTPResponse.size() == 1 && actualHTTPResponse[0].startsWith(expectedHTTPResponse), "Invalid URI" 

     

    Note that I removed square brackets in expectedHTTPResponse as we compare just one element now.

  • AntonE's avatar
    AntonE
    9 years ago

    For Groovy assertion to fail its asserted value should be false, so I guess you can just invert the condition:

     

    assert !(actualHTTPResponse.size() == 1 && actualHTTPResponse[0].startsWith(expectedHTTPResponse)), "Invalid URI"

     

    Also, you may want to look at Invalid HTTP Status Code assertion instead. It won't check the string, but if code 500 is a sure sign that the test failed, it will work. You should enter one or more wrong HTTP codes there.

  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    9 years ago

    Not sure why it is closed though your issue is not solved.

     

    Here is the change needed:

     

    def unExpectedHTTPResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI'
def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
assert !(actualHTTPResponse[0].contains(unExpectedHTTPResponse)), "Found Invalid URI in the response"
nmrao's avatar
nmrao
Champion Level 3
Please post raw response. Do you want to check if the status code is 500, then fail?
rvteja1990's avatar
rvteja1990
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

This is the raw response i'm getting:

 

HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI - /xyz/abc/123"

Content-Type: text/xml

X-Backside-Transport: FAIL FAIL

Connection: close

 

I want to check whether the raw response has "Invalid URI". If it has Invalid URI in response assertion should fail.

 

Thank you.

  • AntonE's avatar
    AntonE
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    9 years ago

    You can use startsWith method to check that a string has a required beginning:

     

    def expectedHTTPResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI'
    def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
    def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
    assert actualHTTPResponse.size() == 1 && actualHTTPResponse[0].startsWith(expectedHTTPResponse), "Invalid URI" 

     

    Note that I removed square brackets in expectedHTTPResponse as we compare just one element now.

    • rvteja1990's avatar
      rvteja1990
      Occasional Contributor
      9 years ago

      Thanks for your response. I really appreciate your help Anton. Your piece of code works as expected. 

      I need a small change in this,

      Is there any way that we can fail this assertion when it matches with expected HTTP Response (InvalidURI)?

      I mean, since its matching with expected HTTPResponse, assertion is valid and its displaying as 'Green'. I would like to see 'Red' color whenever InvalidURI encounters in response. For the rest of all the other responses it should show as 'Green'

       

       

       

       

      • nmrao's avatar
        nmrao
        Champion Level 3
        9 years ago

        Not sure why it is closed though your issue is not solved.

         

        Here is the change needed:

         

        def unExpectedHTTPResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI'
def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
assert !(actualHTTPResponse[0].contains(unExpectedHTTPResponse)), "Found Invalid URI in the response"