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richie
Community Hero
7 months ago

GroovyScript - Extract specific number of attribute values from variable content response

Hey! I've checked my groovy script notes which contains essentially all the groovy script snippets people have ever helped me with over the years - mostly from nmrao if I'm being honest - but I hav...
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  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    7 months ago

    richie 

    You can quickly try this groovy to understand how this can be achieved in general.

    Follow inline comments:

    def range = 1..10

println "Items in the range: $range"


def startingIndex=0

//Set this value, how many values to be stored 
def endIndex=4

//This is to ensure not to grab more than present in the list
assert endIndex <= range.size(), 'Choose the endIndex less than list size'

//Now get the sub list from original list
def mySubList = range.subList(startingIndex,endIndex)
println mySubList

//In order to save data as custom property, coierce it to String
def mySubListToString = mySubList.join(',')
println mySubListToString //Save this at suite level

//Convert string back to list when needed later
def stringToList = mySubListToString.split()
println stringToList

    If running the above from the ReadyAPI / SoapUI, use log.info instead of println

    Hope you knew how to store mySubListToString into Test Suite custom property.

    Note that all the properties in ReadyAPI are stored as string.

  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    6 months ago

    richie 

    All it needs here is to replace

    def range = 1..10

    with

    def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(context.response)

    def range = json.data.id.findAll()

    Change endIndex value depending on how many values that you need. 

    In order to store values at test suite level, add below statement at line number 20.

    context.testCase.testSuite.setPropertyValue('MY_SUBLIST', mySubListToString)

     

    And lines #22, 23, 24 are not needed here i.e., script assertion, as those to fetch and convert string to list. Instead use the when you need those values later.

    By the way, first it requires to fetch the MY_SUBLIST value stored at test suite level, so add below statement before using those lines.

    def mySubListToString = context.testCase.testSuite.getPropertyValue('MY_SUBLIST)

    Now it has all code it required with your data to achieve what is mentioned in the original question.

    NOTE: I am referring the line numbers here in this response from my original response's code.

richie's avatar
richie
Community Hero

nmrao saves the day (despite the fact you don't even have ReadyAPI to debug your code)

//Script Assertion - all code below courtesy of Rao

//extract the request's response and pass it to the variable entitled json
def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(context.response)

//find all 'id' attribute values
def id_list = json.data.'id'.findAll() 

//List the 'id' attribute item count
log.info id_list.size

//define starting index value
def startingIndex=0

//Set this value, how many values to be stored 
def endIndex=4

//This is to ensure not to grab more than present in the list
assert endIndex <= id_list.size(), 'Choose the endIndex less than list size'

//Now get the sub list from original list
def mySubList = id_list.subList(startingIndex,endIndex)
log.info mySubList

//In order to save data as custom property, coerce it to String
def mySubListToString = mySubList.join(',')
log.info mySubListToString

//save off the comma separated string values as a custom testSuite Property entitled MY_SUBLIST
context.testCase.testSuite.setPropertyValue('MY_SUBLIST', mySubListToString)

This is brilliant - exactly what I need.

I'm gonna need to extract the values for later use - I might have a question or two on that - just tried a quick go using split() and it didn't work like I'd hoped it would, but lemme give it a good go first and I might be getting back to you.

Marking this as fixed and your solution as The Solution.

Again - thanks so much,

rich

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nmrao
Champion Level 3
6 months ago

richie 

Not sure what it should be called by repeating my script in your response and marking it as solution .

 I must express that this is entirely inappropriate and completely unacceptable.

Thank you for your understanding.