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DMcCabe
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12 years ago

Passing Response field into URI path for next test

I am doing a post to a REST webservice to create a subscriber resource. When the resource is successfully created I get
{
"_links": {
"curie": {
"href": "/rels/{rel}",
"name": "rels",
"templated": true
},
"self": {
"href": "/subscribers/13"
},
"rels:add-site": {
"href": "/subscribers/13/sites"
},
"rels:delete-subscriber": {
"href": "/subscribers/13"
},
"rels:list-sites": {
"href": "/subscribers/13/sites"
},
"rels:update-subscriber": {
"href": "/subscribers/13"
},
"up": {
"href": "/subscribers"
}
},
"email": "p.smith@xyz.com",
"firstName": "Patrick",
"lastName": "Smith",
"organization": null,
"phone": null,
"salesForceId": null,
"url": "www.xyz.com"
}

I want to say delete that subscriber then. To do so I parse out the href value out of the following:
"rels:delete-subscriber": {
"href": "/subscribers/13"

and add /subscribers/13 to the base url and do a delete http request.

How can I add /subscribers/13 to the base url of the next test case?
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    12 years ago
    I'd use a HTTP TestStep and use a PropertyExpansion in the URL field.

    Regards

    Henrik O
    SmartBear Software
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    DMcCabe
    Contributor
    12 years ago
    Ok got that passing the value using both the REST test step and the HTTP test step. However, it's passing the value url encoded ie. subscribers%2F23 instead of subscribers/23 and as a result I am getting 404. Anyway to stop that happening?
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    12 years ago
    If you double-click on the method that was defined for your REST request, there's a checkbox "Disable Encoding". Check that checkbox.

    Let me know if you still see the issue afterwards. Thanks,
    Michael Giller
    SmartBear Software