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LK's avatar
LK
New Contributor
3 years ago

How to execute same test step again until the condition is satisfied

I have a situation where I need to check a field in the API response. It changes after every 5 minutes, so need to trigger the API, check the response , if it has not reached the expected value, agai...
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KarelHusa's avatar
KarelHusa
Champion Level 1
3 years ago

LK,

you can either use the Conditional Goto Test step or Groovy scripting.

 

There's a comprehensive article on controlling the test case flow using both these approaches in SoapUI/ReadyAPI docs.

 

Best regards,

Karel

 

  • LK's avatar
    LK
    New Contributor
    3 years ago

    Hi Karel, thanks for your reply. I tried using groovy script and I am getting this error- groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: java for class: Script4
    error at line: 7

     

    Scrpit:

    import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

    //def loopProperties = testRunner.runTestStepByName("REST Request")

    //def count =Integer.parseInt (testRunner.testCase.testSuite.getPropertyValue( "availableEvStationCount" ))

    def availableEvStationCount= testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue( java.lang.string("availableEvStationCount") )
    testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("availableEvStationCount", "availableEvStationCount" )
    //Integer count = scount as Integer
    if (availableEvStationCount<2)
    {
    Thread.sleep(5000)
    } else {

    testRunner.runTestStepByName("REST Request")
    }

     

    Could you please help.

    • KarelHusa's avatar
      KarelHusa
      Champion Level 1
      3 years ago

      LK,

      you can:

      1. call your API
      2. save the result into a property
      3. execute the Groovy script

      See the screenshot below.

       

       

      In the Groovy script, I would suggest utilizing testRunner.gotoStepByName( "RESTRequest"):

       

      // The result is saved in a property value as string, transform into an integer
      def result = Integer.parseInt(testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue("result"))

      if (result < 50) {
        sleep(1000)
        testRunner.gotoStepByName("RESTRequest")
      }

       

      If the result is 50 or higher, the loop is finished, and your test case continues.

       

      Best regards,

      Karel