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awsgamdocs
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11 years ago

[R] authorization Token from REST Response to other REST Hea

Hi,

I’ve started using SoapUI Pro 4.5.1 few days ago and soon moving to 4.6.4 (within 2 days).
Some of the RESTs require the generated authorization Token we get from the Login REST Response
e.g.
We invoke the login REST



Once passed we get EmptyObject as json response and then we have to manually extract the uxautherization token and use it in the next REST's header as follows:-


How can I make this happen for each one of the RESTs which requires the authorization header and Token gotten from the latest Login Response to be updated in the REST before it's invoked (Run).
And please note that the the Token part is needed that comes after the ":" as shown in the Login Response.

Things I tried so far:-
I added the Login Request test to the other REST's TestCase and created a property transfer from the Login Response to the other REST's Request as follows:-

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  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    You should use an event handler such as RequestFilter.filterRequest which will modify the request before it is submitted.

    In the event handler you can use groovy to put the header in the request you saved in a property in a test case.


    def headers = request.requestHeaders
    headers.put( "uxfauthorization",testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue( "SavedUxfToken" ) )
    request.requestHeaders = headers



    Regards,
    Marcus
    SmartBear Support
  • awsgamdocs's avatar
    awsgamdocs
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    How can I extract and save the changing authorization token (upon each login which we can see in the raw response) in a property in a testcase?
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    You can use an event filter SubmitListener.afterSubmit, and grab the authorization token from the header and save to a property.


    if( submit.response == null )
    {   
        return
    }

    def headers = submit.response.responseHeaders
    context.testCase.setPropertyValue( "uxfToken", headers.get("uxfauthorization").toString() )



    Regards,
    Marcus
    SmartBear Support
  • awsgamdocs's avatar
    awsgamdocs
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    what I understand from your help that I should create two event handlers like shown below and add the pieces of code.




    Create a property in the testCase for grabing the token e.g. "uxfToken" with Name="authorization" and Value=empty
    Then create another property for for adding the header in the REST's request




    Now I have 2 event handlers and 2 properties, how can I make things work at this stage ?
    (appologies since I'm new to SoapUI)
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago
    Hi,
    If you change the script SubmitListener.afterSubmit to following then it should work (notice the name the of the proprty):
    def headers = request.requestHeaders
    headers.put( "uxfauthorization",testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue( "uxfToken" ) )
    request.requestHeaders = headers


    You might also want to apply the target filter to apply these events to specific requests, otherwise these will apply to all requests.

    Best Regards,
    Prakash
    SmartBear Sweden
  • awsgamdocs's avatar
    awsgamdocs
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    1. I was able to get the token in a property, but it is contained in "[]", how can I select it without them?

    example of what I have now:-


    2. Using the second event to add the header in the REST's request it's missing the value, the actual token, as shown here:-



    code used as suggested:-
    def headers = request.requestHeaders
    headers.put( "authorization",context.testCase.getPropertyValue( "SavedUxfToken",SavedUxfToken ) )
    request.requestHeaders = headers

    What is missing?
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    Do you have more than one header in the response or is the raw tab in response shows square brackets [] around the header. You can remove the [] by replace all method,


    def property = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue( "uxfToken" )
    property = property.replaceAll( "[", "" ) 
    property = property.replaceAll( "]", "" )


    Thanks,
    Jeshtha
  • awsgamdocs's avatar
    awsgamdocs
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    I don't have more than one header, here's a real Raw response for you to view as example. Also the token I'm extracting doesn't contain any "[]":-



    what did you mean by replacing the method that I'm currently using?

    Here's the SubmitListener.afterSubmit I'm using in my events:-
    if( submit.response == null )
    {   
        return
    }


    def headers = submit.response.responseHeaders
    context.testCase.setPropertyValue( "authorization", headers.get("uxfauthorization").toString() )
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    Headers are returned as array in case if there are multiple header entry for the same header. In your case, you can update last line of your groovy code on afterSubmit event handler, to get the first element without [] like the following


    context.testCase.setPropertyValue( "uxfToken", headers.get("authorization").get(0) )


    For being able to send the header you saved on test case property try the following on RequestFilter.afterRequest

    def headers = request.requestHeaders
    headers.put( "uxfauthorization", context.testCase.getPropertyValue( "uxfToken" ) )
    request.requestHeaders = headers


    Regards,
    Shadid
    SmartBear Sweden
  • awsgamdocs's avatar
    awsgamdocs
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    I have 2 issues with the suggested solution:-
    1. I have to keep the same Login test step included in each test case and located before the required test step, this is a problem if I have 200 test cases, example:-



    2. How can I remove the token HTTP header the event’s script adds each time we run the test case?