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CByler
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4 years ago

How to 'GetData' from an xsd:string

I am perplexed. I have a test case that generates a new and unique UserAPIKey for each iteration. I then have a test case following where I need to get that unique guid (as shown below) and pass it t...
  • troyyerJP's avatar
    troyyerJP
    4 years ago
    CByler wrote:

    Wait, I found it. I needed to go up a higher level to the Test Case rather than the Test Step. It worked the first time I did it, however, it seems that SampleXML and GUID Custom Test Case Property values are being retained.....

    So you are actually performing an incorrect selection which is causing this issue. At your Test Case Level (Your Test Case is DeleteUserAPIKey), there will be a Property Transfer Test Step that you have named SampleXML. So what is happening, is that every time, you are running the test case, your Property Transfer Step, is retrieving data from itself (The property transfer step has a guid that is not changing) and not the response that has the new guid. Hence why the new guid is not being retrieved. 

     

    CByler wrote:

     don't have the selection of SampleXML in the Property drop-menu

    ....

    Note that in my sample, I named a Custom Test Case Property SampleXML to play around with the data you provided as I dont have the same request/response in my system. In your sample you have named a Property Transfer Test Step SampleXML. This is 2 different things. I hope you have this clear. 

     

    If you have a look at point 3 in the Transfer properties page (https://www.soapui.org/docs/functional-testing/properties/transferring-properties) you will see that you would need to select the supplied response from the test step

     

     So looking at your screenshot

    In Step 2, the Property Transfer step that you named SampleXML  

    Source is your the request step AddUserAPIKey (correct)

    Property should be Response (because you receive the guid in the Response sent back to you by the service you are invoking with your request in Step 'AddUserApiKey'...you would not see SampleXML)

    once you select Response, the far right icon to select the field should now show the right data.

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CByler
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troyyerJP, I tried using the Property Transfer as outlined in the first solution. I am at least able to get the data transfered to the next test step in the UserAPIKey* field, however, it's giving me the entire "AddUserAPIKeyResult" in the field and I don't have a way to just pass the guid value rather than the whole xml value (see screenshot). I then tried you second solution but failed spectacularly as it was outside my wheel house and I'm not quite that advanced with ReadyAPI.  Is there a way for me to just get that guid value?

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troyyerJP
Contributor
4 years ago

Have you selected the right xml field from the field selector in the property transfer step?

 


I've created a gif of what you could do with the property transfer step

 

  • CByler's avatar
    CByler
    Contributor
    4 years ago

    So, I tried to do it like you did it, however, in the Property Transfer, I don't see what you see. When I select the test step for the Property Transfer, then select the test step for AddUserAPIKey from the Source drop-menu, I don't have the selection of SampleXML in the Property drop-menu. See screenshots.  Thank you so much for helping me with this!

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      CByler
      Contributor
      4 years ago

      Wait, I found it. I needed to go up a higher level to the Test Case rather than the Test Step. It worked the first time I did it, however, it seems that SampleXML and GUID Custom Test Case Property values are being retained and when I run the test case the second time it fails as the old APIKey from the first test run is not being refreshed with the new one. Each iteration for AddAPIKey generates a new guid. Is there a way to have those two Custom Test Case Property values  refresh with the new values each time?

      • troyyerJP's avatar
        troyyerJP
        Contributor
        4 years ago
        CByler wrote:

        Wait, I found it. I needed to go up a higher level to the Test Case rather than the Test Step. It worked the first time I did it, however, it seems that SampleXML and GUID Custom Test Case Property values are being retained.....

        So you are actually performing an incorrect selection which is causing this issue. At your Test Case Level (Your Test Case is DeleteUserAPIKey), there will be a Property Transfer Test Step that you have named SampleXML. So what is happening, is that every time, you are running the test case, your Property Transfer Step, is retrieving data from itself (The property transfer step has a guid that is not changing) and not the response that has the new guid. Hence why the new guid is not being retrieved. 

         

        CByler wrote:

         don't have the selection of SampleXML in the Property drop-menu

        ....

        Note that in my sample, I named a Custom Test Case Property SampleXML to play around with the data you provided as I dont have the same request/response in my system. In your sample you have named a Property Transfer Test Step SampleXML. This is 2 different things. I hope you have this clear. 

         

        If you have a look at point 3 in the Transfer properties page (https://www.soapui.org/docs/functional-testing/properties/transferring-properties) you will see that you would need to select the supplied response from the test step

         

         So looking at your screenshot

        In Step 2, the Property Transfer step that you named SampleXML  

        Source is your the request step AddUserAPIKey (correct)

        Property should be Response (because you receive the guid in the Response sent back to you by the service you are invoking with your request in Step 'AddUserApiKey'...you would not see SampleXML)

        once you select Response, the far right icon to select the field should now show the right data.