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rvteja1990
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9 years ago
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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...
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rvteja1990
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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.

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AntonE
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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.

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    rvteja1990
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    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
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      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"
      • rvteja1990's avatar
        rvteja1990
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        9 years ago

        Thank you so much Rao. Your piece of code is working as expected. It seems both scripts are working as expected.I have a question, what is different from your piece of code and Anton code. 

         

    • AntonE's avatar
      AntonE
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      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.

      • rvteja1990's avatar
        rvteja1990
        Occasional Contributor
        9 years ago

        Thanks again. Its working as expected. Yes i have already looked into invalid HTTP status code but here i would like to check  for string irrespective of HTTP codes. Hope your code will work in all the scenarios. Thank you.