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socaltester's avatar
socaltester
Contributor
6 years ago

How to trim a portion of a response in URL format and add result to Properties test step?

I need to trim a portion of an href pulled from a test response that has been stored into a Properties test step. Example Response: https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone...
  • richie's avatar
    richie
    6 years ago

    Hey socaltester 

     

    I'm not a coder to say what's better, but I've used 2 alternatives when trying to do this sort of thing - some sort of count function before now and I've used split() too.

     

    Split option

    //Split method example
    //where URL property is https://whatevs.azurewebsites.net/?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1Qi

def fullURL = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Properties").getPropertyValue("URL")
def extractedValue = fullURL.split('=')[1] 
//if [0] is used it grabs the value in the string BEFORE the ? if [1] is used it grabs the value after the ?

    log.info(extractedValue)

     

    Count thingy option

    //Count thingy I found
//where URL property is https://whatevs.azurewebsites.net/?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1Q

def fullURL = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Properties").getPropertyValue("URL")
def extractedValue = fullURL[56..-22] 
log.info(extractedValue)
//the left hand numeric is the last numbered digit you want to grab.
//the right hand numeric is the first numbered digit you want to grab
//counting starts from right hand side - so if you want to grab the full URL 
    //upto the ?, the array values would be [56..-22] - this should grab 
    //'https://whatevs.azurewebsites.net/' from the URL property value

    The count option is what I used when I was just getting into playing with strings - it works fine - but only if the length of the value isn't going to change over time - if it does - then the string extracted will be incorrect - so the split option is definitely better for this reason.

     

    How the split option compares with what you've specified I couldn't say - the coders on this thing will have opinions (and most likely - better ways of doing it) - but I don't! :)

     

    Cheers,

     

    rich

     

     

socaltester's avatar
socaltester
Contributor

I solved it, but is there a better way?

import com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils;
def string = 'https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone=MGF'
def sub = string.substring(string.indexOf("h")-0, string.length())
log.info("before trim: " + sub)
log.info("after trim: " + sub .replace("?zone=MGF",""))
nmrao's avatar
nmrao
Champion Level 3
6 years ago
log.info 'https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone=MGF'.split('\\?').first()
  • Wamboo's avatar
    Wamboo
    Community Hero
    6 years ago

    Hello!

     

    In this case I would use a regular expression that would help you find a certain part of the string (from your post an example)

     

    I write in JS but below I send an example of a regular expression that finds a piece of your string:

     

    \?(.*)

     

    Go to the website:

     

    https://regex101.com/

     

    and test the solution and then use it for example:

     

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48964279/slice-a-string-by-regex

     

  • socaltester's avatar
    socaltester
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    nmrao Thank you for the response. I used Richie's Split example which provided info on grabbing the PropertyValue from the "Properties" step and replaced his .split('=') portion with your .split('\\?') example. Both [0] and .first() works. If I had used [1] the result would be the value post ? , so what would be the equivalent for .first()?  .last()?