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richie
Community Hero
6 years ago

Not Contains Assertion (JSON attribute value) - not XML

Hey,   I've been investigating the Not Contains assertion to verify that a json attribute does NOT contain a specific value.   HOWEVER - all the posts I've seen on this on this forum/stackove...
  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    6 years ago

    richie ,

     

    Here is the script assertion for the same.

     

    If I understand right, the value of "entityLogicalName" should not be "appointment". And below script checks that.

     

    /**
* Below is the script assertion for the REST Request Test step
**/
def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(context.response)
def logicalNames = json.sessiondata.'appointment.nhs_slottype'.entityLogicalName
def checkFor = 'appointment'
//Negative check - value should not have appointment "!=", 
//Positive check -  use "==" to match value with appointment
assert logicalNames.every {it != checkFor}, "Not expecting value ${checkFor} for entityLogicalName, but found"
richie's avatar
richie
Community Hero

Hey nmrao 

 

nah - this is a fresh new project (I'm juggling 3 different ones at the moment!)

 

p.s. - I haven't responded to that other post yet (the one you link to) cos my project moved the endpoints into some secure Azure resource and I cant hit the endpoint anymore.  Trying to get it sorted today - as soon as I do - I can generate a response and comment on the help so far!

 

Cheers to All!

 

richie 

nmrao's avatar
nmrao
Champion Level 3
6 years ago
Use case please?
Contains what? Substring ? A value from the list?
  • richie's avatar
    richie
    Community Hero
    6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Sorry I was being flippant. ;)

     

    Ok - I make a RESTful POST request and I get a .json response that lists most of the attributes from the newly created record.

     

    The requirement is that when the response comes back for certain situations the attribute 'entityLogicalName' attribute value is NOT 'appointment'.

     

    JSONPATH  to the relevant attribute is 'x.sessiondata[0]["appointment.nhs_slottype"].entityLogicalName'

     

    I've attached an example of the response.

     

    This is an example of one of the Not Contains scenarios I need to add to my tests, but I have others too.

     

    Lucian indicates the Not Contains assertion isn't specific to XML nor JSON - it just parses the content for a string as a whole or some regex - so it looks like I was using the assertion incorrectly!

     

    The trouble is - the string 'appointment' appears elsewhere in the response  - so I can't just use input 'appointment' in the Not Contains assertion editable field - I need to somehow supply the path to the specific attribute I need to focus on.

     

    Unless there's another nifty way of asserting a .json attribute does NOT contain a certain value?

     

    Thanks guys, I appreciate your efforts on my behalf!

     

    richie

     

     

    • nmrao's avatar
      nmrao
      Champion Level 3
      6 years ago

      richie ,

       

      Here is the script assertion for the same.

       

      If I understand right, the value of "entityLogicalName" should not be "appointment". And below script checks that.

       

      /**
* Below is the script assertion for the REST Request Test step
**/
def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(context.response)
def logicalNames = json.sessiondata.'appointment.nhs_slottype'.entityLogicalName
def checkFor = 'appointment'
//Negative check - value should not have appointment "!=", 
//Positive check -  use "==" to match value with appointment
assert logicalNames.every {it != checkFor}, "Not expecting value ${checkFor} for entityLogicalName, but found"
      • nmrao's avatar
        nmrao
        Champion Level 3
        6 years ago
        Got a chance to try?