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Arjan's avatar
Arjan
New Contributor
8 years ago

How can I use a variable in Property transfer?

I want to use a variable in the Property transfer screen. I use JSONPATH to extract an ID (see screenshot) I use the variable: invoice_id = 1041   When I use the following JSONPATH expression I ge...
  • PaulMS's avatar
    PaulMS
    8 years ago

    A test case property can be used with JSONPath match assertions and XPath property transfers so JSONPath property transfer should work as well. It seems to be a defect because $ is a special character for JSONPath and property expansion.

     

    Groovy script can be used as a workaround

    (removed single quotes around id in JSONPath for this example)

     

    def sourcename = 'source test step name'
def propname = 'test case property name'
def jsonpath = '$[*][?(@.displayName=="${#TestCase#AccountNumber}")].id'

transfervalue = context.expand("\${${sourcename}#Response#${jsonpath}}")
context.testCase.setPropertyValue(propname, transfervalue)
log.info transfervalue

     

IvanB's avatar
IvanB
Occasional Contributor

Hi,

 

I encountered same issue, when using test case property for a JSONPath query. It just stops working (returns nothing). Any ideas for a workaround?

 

For path like this $[*][?(@.displayName==ABCD)]['id'] - property transfer correctly finds the value an puts it to Test Case property, but when I use another test case property instead of explicit string ABCD like this:

 

$[*][?(@.displayName=="${#TestCase#AccountNumber}")]['id']

 

it stops working just returns null.

 

Ivan.

PaulMS's avatar
PaulMS
Super Contributor
8 years ago

A test case property can be used with JSONPath match assertions and XPath property transfers so JSONPath property transfer should work as well. It seems to be a defect because $ is a special character for JSONPath and property expansion.

 

Groovy script can be used as a workaround

(removed single quotes around id in JSONPath for this example)

 

def sourcename = 'source test step name'
def propname = 'test case property name'
def jsonpath = '$[*][?(@.displayName=="${#TestCase#AccountNumber}")].id'

transfervalue = context.expand("\${${sourcename}#Response#${jsonpath}}")
context.testCase.setPropertyValue(propname, transfervalue)
log.info transfervalue

 

  • IvanB's avatar
    IvanB
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    I thought that double quotes around ReadyAPI parameter name are serving this purpose. Anyways, PaulMS thanks for help, appreciate that.