[Resolved] Create rrequest xml tags with data driven testing

Not sure about pro features in this regard.

I believe that it needs to understand that how mapping between datasource columuns, and request happens. Does one needs to write any code or uses some other mechanism?

If groovy is used for mapping and update the request for each rung, then, i believe, it should be possible what are you looking for.

Hi!

As Rao is suggesting, you need to write some kind of Groovy Script that transformes the data extracted from the Excel sheet to XML,
if the XML is not already defined in the WSDL.
Maybe you could give us an example, or even better, provide us with a sample project so we could get a clearer understanding of what you are trying to achive.


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Regards

Erik
SmartBear Sweden

Glad you could resolve it. Any thing(sample script) that can be shared with community?

I am also trying to do something similar...Would you mind sharing your groovy scripts here?

The following article by our power user Siking talks about creating XML elements dynamically in Groovy: http://siking.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/ ... i-request/

Thanks,
Michael Giller
SmartBear Software

Below are the scripts used to solve the problem described above based on my specific needs.

Groovy script used to remove specific XML tags based on the data presented in the excel sheet:

import com.eviware.soapui.support.xml.XmlUtils

def request = context.expand( '${--TEST-STEP-NAME--#Request}' )
def parsedXml = new XmlParser().parseText(request)
def buffer = new StringWriter()
new XmlNodePrinter(new PrintWriter(buffer)).print(parsedXml)
def filteredRequest = buffer.toString()
filteredRequest = XmlUtils.prettyPrintXml(filteredRequest)
filteredRequest = filteredRequest.replaceAll( "<(.+)>--REMOVE--<(.+)>", "")
filteredRequest = XmlUtils.prettyPrintXml(filteredRequest)
context.requestContent = filteredRequest

XML tags that have the string “—REMOVE--” will be deleted from the original request. The “—REMOVE--” string and all other necessary data comes from the excel sheet and is used to create a test request, then this script is called by the soapui event RequestFilter.filterRequest to filter the request contents.


Groovy script used to remove XML nodes based on the data presented in the excel sheet:

import com.eviware.soapui.support.xml.XmlUtils

def nodeRemoveFlag = context.expand( '${DataSource#removeXmlNode}' )

if ( nodeRemoveFlag == 'Yes'){
 def request = context.expand( '${--TEST-STEP-NAME--#Request}' )
 def parsedXml = new XmlParser().parseText(request)
 def nodeToRemove = parsedXml.children()
 def nodeFind = parsedXml.find { it.text() == '--XML-NODE-TO-REMOVE--' }
 nodeToRemove.remove(nodeFind) 
 def buffer = new StringWriter()
 new XmlNodePrinter(new PrintWriter(buffer)).print(parsedXml)
 def filteredRequest = buffer.toString()
 filteredRequest = XmlUtils.prettyPrintXml(filteredRequest)
 filteredRequest = XmlUtils.prettyPrintXml(filteredRequest)
 context.requestContent = filteredRequest
}

If the remove flag is set to “Yes” in the excel sheet it's possible to use this script to remove a specific xml node. In this case the node that can be removed it’s hard coded on the script, but if needed the script can easily be adapted to remove different xml nodes based on the data driven approach.

Regards
Tiago Neto Rodrigues