garymags :
Name in bold should be same as the name of your properties test step:
testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Propertes").setPropertyValue("uuid",uuid.toString())
correct it and you are good to go 🙂
HimanshuTayal Hi, thank you so much for all your help. It is greatly appreciated.
It looks like the problem is the last line of the groovy script. I can run the groovy script separately and it generates a uuid. However, it has a problem when it gets to the last line of the script. I followed exactly what you had recommended to put in the groovy script but I'm still getting the error.
An error appears saying:
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method setPropertyValue() on null object error at line: 7
// Generating a random variable value.
def uuid = UUID.randomUUID()
// Logging the variable.
log.info uuid
testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Propertes").setPropertyValue("uuid",uuid.toString())
garymags :
Name in bold should be same as the name of your properties test step:
testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Propertes").setPropertyValue("uuid",uuid.toString())
correct it and you are good to go 🙂
HimanshuTayal Thank you so much. You are awesome!!
garymags : I am so glad that it helped you in solving your problem 🙂
Hi,
I have a slightly different approach. There is nothing wrong with HimanshuTayal's approach, but in my tests, I tend not to use 'get property' or 'set property'. If I needed to create the value in one test and read in another test, then I probably would. However, my tests tend to be self-contained, so I use groovy scripts that 'return' the value of interest and then 'read' these in a later step in the same test.
For example, I need to supply a random number as an order number in some API request.
Firstly, I create a Groovy script to generate a random number. E.g.
Date date = new Date();
def now = date.getTime();
Random rnd = new Random();
rnd.setSeed(now);
return(rnd.nextInt(100));note the use of return in the script. If I wanted to use Custom Properties, I'd set it instead of retuning.
In a later test step, I can then 'call' the random number groovy step to obtain the random value by using the below example...
<soapenv:Body>
<urn:submitOrder>
<urn:order>
<urn1:orderRef>${Get Random Number - Groovy Script#result}</urn1:orderRef>
<!-- Other details omitted -->
</urn:order>
</urn:submitOrder>
</soapenv:Body>
