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CamillaR
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago

How can I use a property in the header for a request in ReadyAPI

Hi,   I have a SoapUI project where I use a project property "token" that is used in the header of the requests, I reference it as ${#Project#token},  see attachment for more details. I do this si...
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    CamillaR
    4 years ago

    Hi nmrao,

     

    You were on to something here. The problem was in my token.

    1. I run a curl command in bash to generate the token and save the result to a textfile. This is done by adding " > c:/mytokenfile.txt" after the curl command

    2. In SoapUI/ReadyAPI, my groovy script reads the textfile and stores the contents in the project property.

     

    The problem was this: When storing the token value into a textfile cr+lf is added at the end. And this was also read into the property.

    When viewing property value the cr+lf looks like a blank space in the end (in the property window). 

    I have now fixed my groovyscript so it does not store the cr+lf in the property.

     

    Thanks for the help,

    /Camilla

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nmrao
Champion Level 3

CamillaR 

 

It must work in ReadyAPI as well. You may raise a ticket with Smartbear customer service.

 

Before that you may want to check on the latest available release of ReadyAPI (if you can)

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nmrao
Champion Level 3
4 years ago
I would also suggest to look at how the token is generated and is it setting value into custom property as well.
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    richie
    Community Hero
    4 years ago
    Hey CamillaR,

    I dont think this is an issue with ReadyAPI as i was doing what youre doing with v3.1.0.

    Have you tried comparing the exact RAW details from what youre generating in soapui relative to ReadyAPI? thats how id work out whats going wrong.

    Have you definitely got percent encoding set in both?

    Ta

    Rich
  • CamillaR's avatar
    CamillaR
    Occasional Contributor
    4 years ago

    Hi nmrao,

     

    You were on to something here. The problem was in my token.

    1. I run a curl command in bash to generate the token and save the result to a textfile. This is done by adding " > c:/mytokenfile.txt" after the curl command

    2. In SoapUI/ReadyAPI, my groovy script reads the textfile and stores the contents in the project property.

     

    The problem was this: When storing the token value into a textfile cr+lf is added at the end. And this was also read into the property.

    When viewing property value the cr+lf looks like a blank space in the end (in the property window). 

    I have now fixed my groovyscript so it does not store the cr+lf in the property.

     

    Thanks for the help,

    /Camilla

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      nmrao
      Champion Level 3
      4 years ago
      Glad you isolated the issue and resolved.

      Many generate the token within the tool itself, so you don't have to use multiple tools.
      Is it JWT token or OAuth?
      • CamillaR's avatar
        CamillaR
        Occasional Contributor
        4 years ago

        Aha, I would love to do that too!

        It's OAuth.