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sbeauvais
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11 years ago

[Res]duplicate properties in REST request

Hello,

How to I configure a REST method/request to have duplicate properties, e.g.,

GET /dev/api/calendar/locations?locationIds=96&locationIds=33&startDate=01-Feb-2014&endDate=28-Feb-2014


As you can see, property "locationIds" is included twice.

If the REST method/request cannot be configured to support this, can I build the GET command programmatically? I have tried to 'cheat' by setting the value of locationIds to "96&locationIds=33" but the ampersand and the equals symbols are replaced by their code (even though I tried to entitize them).

So, is this possible to do, and if so, how?


Sincerely,
Séverin B.
  • sbeauvais's avatar
    sbeauvais
    Contributor
    11 years ago
    Thanks Jeshtha for providing me the rest of the required configuration. It works!

    To summarize:
    - in Resource or in Method, add parameter (use style = QUERY)
    - select parameter and enable "Disable Encoding" at bottom of page
    - in Request, select parameter and set Multi-Value Delimiter to \| in bottom-left properties section
    - set a value of, e.g., 1|2|3 for the parameter (can use DataGen)
    - request will be sent out with, e.g., parameter=1&parameter=2&parameter=3


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

    Did the above link work for you, or are you still having issue?

    Regards,
    Temil
  • sbeauvais's avatar
    sbeauvais
    Contributor
    11 years ago
    Hello,

    The linked post refers to "a property for setting this", but I cannot see the nightly build changelog.

    Can you please expand upon the various options for setting and controlling multiple values for a parameter?

    Can I assign multiple values to a parameter using a properties transfer or Groovy script, and if so, how?

    (Or please point me to any existing documentation / web page on this topic... I searched but found nothing.)


    Thx.
    Severin B.
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago
    Hi,

    You can add multiple parameters with same name.
    You can specify the parameter with a | character.
    so locationid[] para1|para2|para3

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

    Thanks for your reply.

    Can you tell me where I specify the multiple parameter? Do you have a screenshot?

    I created a DataGen that returns "96|44|4" but the request looks incorrect (and fails):
    DEBUG:>> "GET /dev/api/calendar/locations?LocationId=96%7C44%7C4&StartDate=01-JAN-2014&EndDate=31-AUG-2014 HTTP/1.1[\r][\n]"



    Cheers,
    Severin B.
  • sbeauvais's avatar
    sbeauvais
    Contributor
    11 years ago
    Thanks again Jeshtha.

    What else do I need to do for the parameters to be correctly processed and sent?

    I get this:
    java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in query at index 66: https://XXX.com/dev/api/calendar/locations?LocationIds=23|33|44&StartDate=01-JAN-2014&EndDate=31-AUG-2014


    I would like to get this:
    GET /dev/api/calendar/locations?locationIds=23&locationIds=33&locationIds=44&startDate=01-JAN-2014&endDate=31-AUG-2014



    Severin B.
  • sbeauvais's avatar
    sbeauvais
    Contributor
    11 years ago
    That's actually the Resource Definition, so all methods and requests below it are affected.

    I worked around this by creating a new child resource for this.

    The request now looks like this:
    Mon Feb 24 14:07:39 PST 2014:DEBUG:Sending request: GET /dev?StartDate=01-Jan-2014&EndDate=31-Jan-2014/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/ HTTP/1.1


    Is this a bug in SoapUI Pro 4.6.4? If not, what am I doing wrong?

    SB