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bdre
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7 years ago
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how to access a datasource result from calling groovy script

I've created a Groovy datasource that returns information in the results associative array available when the datasource script runs. Now I want to run that datasource from another groovy script, bu...
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    Lucian
    7 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Each DataSource step has at least 1 property. 

     

     

    In order to reference that property you can use the syntax:

     

    ${DataSource#testProperty}

    If you want to reference that property from a groovy script you need to use:

     

    context.expand( '${DataSource#testProperty}' )

    But I am not sure I understand your question... Normally I would use a datasource step in combination with a datasource-loop step.

     

     

    So there will be an execution for each element in the datasource. Why would you call yours with another groovy script? What is the use case?

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bdre
Occasional Contributor
7 years ago

That didn't work for me initially.  Eventually I noticed menus not opening, so I restarted ReadyAPI app and now it works.

 

The use case:  I wanted to use a data source loop, but I need to have a nested data source and the inside data source needs to generate a variable number of objects.

 

I have two data sources: a parent object and a variable number of child objects.  The calling script will create one parent object, then a variable number of children.  Would it be better to have a single data source to create both of these?  Can my data source return a list?  If so then I can put the data source inside a data source loop and the row count (at least for the parent objects) will be handled by the loop.  But I may still have a problem with the row count for the child objects.

 

I would appreciate any suggestions you have for this case.

Thanks!