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

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