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amirse
Contributor
3 years ago

Replace one part in a request with the value from an variable

Hi,   Is there a way to replace the "XXXX" in the method below with the value of the variable replaceToken?   def replaceToken = "username" parsedJson.secrets.XXXX.toString()   I.e., I would l...
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  • ChrisAdams's avatar
    ChrisAdams
    3 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Have a look at http://blog.gtiwari333.com/2012/08/groovy-grails-dynamic-method-n-variable.html

     

    You can call methods using variables and array elements.

     

    I've created a small Groovy script as a demo.  See below.

     

    def myObj = new MyClass();

// Call in the usual way.
log.info("Call in the usual way.");
log.info(myObj.methodOne());
log.info(myObj.methodTwo());
log.info(myObj.methodThree());
log.info("-------------------------------------------");

// Call using a variable.
log.info("Call using a variable");

def methodToCall = "methodOne";
log.info(myObj."$methodToCall"());

methodToCall = "methodTwo";
log.info(myObj."$methodToCall"());

methodToCall = "methodThree";
log.info(myObj."$methodToCall"());

log.info("-------------------------------------------");

log.info("Call with method name in an array");
def myArray = ["methodOne", "methodTwo", "methodThree"];
log.info(myObj.(myArray[0])());
log.info(myObj.(myArray[1])());
log.info(myObj.(myArray[2])());

log.info("-------------------------------------------");

class MyClass {

	MyClass(){
		// empty constructor
	}

	def methodOne(){
		return "I am method one";
	}

	def methodTwo(){
		return "I am method two";
	}

	def methodThree(){
		return "I am method three";
	}
}
ChrisAdams's avatar
ChrisAdams
Champion Level 3
3 years ago

Hi,

 

Have a look at http://blog.gtiwari333.com/2012/08/groovy-grails-dynamic-method-n-variable.html

 

You can call methods using variables and array elements.

 

I've created a small Groovy script as a demo.  See below.

 

def myObj = new MyClass();

// Call in the usual way.
log.info("Call in the usual way.");
log.info(myObj.methodOne());
log.info(myObj.methodTwo());
log.info(myObj.methodThree());
log.info("-------------------------------------------");

// Call using a variable.
log.info("Call using a variable");

def methodToCall = "methodOne";
log.info(myObj."$methodToCall"());

methodToCall = "methodTwo";
log.info(myObj."$methodToCall"());

methodToCall = "methodThree";
log.info(myObj."$methodToCall"());

log.info("-------------------------------------------");

log.info("Call with method name in an array");
def myArray = ["methodOne", "methodTwo", "methodThree"];
log.info(myObj.(myArray[0])());
log.info(myObj.(myArray[1])());
log.info(myObj.(myArray[2])());

log.info("-------------------------------------------");

class MyClass {

	MyClass(){
		// empty constructor
	}

	def methodOne(){
		return "I am method one";
	}

	def methodTwo(){
		return "I am method two";
	}

	def methodThree(){
		return "I am method three";
	}
}
  • amirse's avatar
    amirse
    Contributor
    3 years ago

    Chris, 

    You are a true hero.. Thank you so much. It worked perfectly. Now I am able to read a .json file and set my project properties to the values from the secrets file. Without this I would have to declare every property manually which is not efficient at all. Great!!

     

    //get secret file for the active environment
					secretsJsonFile = projectpath + "ReadyApi_Secrets\\secrets_" + activeEnv + ".json"		//get secrets file for the active environment
					log.info("secretsJsonFile = " + secretsJsonFile)
				
					// Read jsonfile and return text content
					def secretsFile = new File(secretsJsonFile);
					def parsedJson = new JsonSlurper().parseText(secretsFile.text)
					def oneItem, oneItemValue
					
					for(i = 0; i < numberOfProjectProperties; i++)
					{
						oneItem =  projectPropertiesList[i]	//get one item in the projectPropertiesList
						oneItemValue = parsedJson.secrets."$oneItem".toString()	//get the value of the item from the secrets file
						log.info("oneItem = " + oneItem)
						log.info("oneItemValue = " + oneItemValue)

						//set global property value with value from secrets file
						testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.setPropertyValue( projectPropertiesList[i], oneItemValue)

     

     

    • ChrisAdams's avatar
      ChrisAdams
      Champion Level 3
      3 years ago

      Hi,

       

      You're welcome - I'm glad it helped.

       

      Chris