[Resolved]Problem with creating REST TestRequests via Groovy

Hi!

First of all, this is a bit out of scope for the support offering. That said try this Groovy Script:

import com.eviware.soapui.impl.rest.RestResource;
import com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.registry.RestRequestStepFactory
import com.eviware.soapui.config.TestStepConfig
import com.eviware.soapui.impl.rest.RestRequest;
import com.eviware.soapui.impl.rest.RestService;

RestService restService = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.getInterfaceList()[0]
RestResource resource = restService.getOperationAt( 0 );
RestRequest request = resource.getRequestAt( 0 );
TestStepConfig testStepConfig = RestRequestStepFactory.createConfig( request, "MyTestStep" );
testRunner.testCase.addTestStep( testStepConfig );

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Regards

Erik
SmartBear Sweden

Hello Marek,

Sorry but I couldn't understand how and where are you planning to use the created test step. Can you please provide more details?
That said, you can refer the following thread for some help about creating test suite and test step using a Groovy script: https://www.soapui.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4579
You can get the instance of the RestServiceConfig using: RestServiceConfig.Factory.newInstance()

Best Regards,
Prakash
SmartBear Sweden

Hi Prakash,

I'll try to explain my situation.
I have a SoapUI project with several REST Service resources and couple of TestSuites (with many TestCases and TestSteps).
All service calls from our platform are being logged to db and I want to create a Groovy script which will create a new TestCase with REST TestSteps (based on the data from the database - requests, urls, userId and etc.)

I know the service, resourcePath and method, but I can't create the service, all my attemps so far ended in the "Missing REST Resource for TestRequest" window.
I know how to create new TestSuite/TestCase dynamically via Groovy, so that's not a problem, but I don't know how to successfully create a REST TestRequest without being asked to linked the new REST TestRequest to one of my resources.

I think the best way for creating new REST TestRequest is class RestRequestStepFactory and its methods buildTestStep(WsdlTestCase testCase, TestStepConfig config, boolean forLoadTest) and createNewTestStep(RestMethod restMethod, String name).
To create a new instance of RestMethod I have to create new instances of classes RestResource and RestService (or use method addNewResource(String name, String path) in RestService / addNewMethod(String name) in class RestResource).
But it doesn't matter if I try it in one way or the other way, in the end I always have to link the new REST TestRequest to one of my already exisiting resources.

I think the problem is in the config classes, because when I amend them to match SoapUI standards, the constructor from above class won't reflect it so all attributes such as service, resourcePath, method, type and etc. are thrown away.

Here is a piece of my code (sorry, I had to remove some confidential details such as ServiceName or ResourcePath)

import com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.registry.RestRequestStepFactory
import com.eviware.soapui.impl.rest.RestMethod
import com.eviware.soapui.impl.rest.RestResource
import com.eviware.soapui.impl.rest.RestService
import com.eviware.soapui.config.RestMethodConfig.Factory
import com.eviware.soapui.config.RestResourceConfig
import com.eviware.soapui.config.RestServiceConfig

RestRequestStepFactory rest = new RestRequestStepFactory()

def project = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project
def restServiceConfig = RestServiceConfig.Factory.newInstance()

restServiceConfig.setType("restrequest")
RestService restService = new RestService(project, restServiceConfig)
restService.setName("test")

RestResource restResource = restService.addNewResource(serviceName, resourcePath)
RestMethod restMethod = restResource.addNewMethod("POST")

rest.buildTestStep(testRunner.testCase, rest.createNewTestStep(restMethod, "test"), false)

Regards,
Marek

Hi,

for what you are trying to do, a Groovy console plugin may be helpful: http://olensmar.blogspot.se/2013/02/a-g ... oapui.html

You can see an example of a step creation there:
testSuite = project.addNewTestSuite( "TestSuite" )
testCase = testSuite.addNewTestCase( "TestCase" )
testCase.addTestStep( "httprequest", "HTTP Request" )



Thanks,
Michael Giller
SmartBear Software

Hi Michael,

thanks for the Groovy console tip, but having/not having the console isn't the problem - the Groovy TestStep is enough for me, but thanks anyway.

You referred me to a script for creating HTTP steps, but that's not the problem as well.
I'm struggling only with REST TestRequests, I don't need HTTP requests.

Also, I don't want just to invoke the window for creating TestRequests, I want to create the services without any manual interactions.

To be more specific, I'm having problems with the Config files, I'm not sure how to create them correctly - if I have an idea, it's not working correctly, as can you see from script above.

I don't know how to create something like this:

<xml-fragment type="restrequest" name="...something..." xmlns:con="http://eviware.com/soapui/config">
  <con:settings/>
  <con:config service="...something..." resourcePath="...something..." methodName="POST" xsi:type="con:RestRequestStep" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <con:restRequest name="...something..." mediaType="application/xml" postQueryString="false" accept="">
      <con:settings>
        <con:setting id="com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlRequest@request-headers">&lt;xml-fragment/></con:setting>
      </con:settings>
      <con:endpoint>${#Project#endpoint}</con:endpoint>
      <con:request>...something...</con:request>
      <con:assertion type="Valid HTTP Status Codes" name="Valid HTTP Status Codes">
        <con:configuration>
          <codes>200</codes>
        </con:configuration>
      </con:assertion>
      <con:credentials>
        <con:authType>Global HTTP Settings</con:authType>
      </con:credentials>
      <con:jmsConfig JMSDeliveryMode="PERSISTENT"/>
      <con:jmsPropertyConfig/>
      <con:parameters>
        <entry key="X-usercontext" value="${#TestCase#x-usercontext}" xmlns="http://eviware.com/soapui/config"/>
      </con:parameters>
    </con:restRequest>
  </con:config>
</xml-fragment>

I have to pass this to the buildTestStep(WsdlTestCase testCase, TestStepConfig config, boolean forLoadTest) method, but I don't know how to create it correctly.

Thanks for any advice

Regards,
Marek

Hi Marek,
You don't have to create it using the XML. Each Config has corresponding, .Factory.newInstance() method available.
So you should create the object using this factory method and then set whatever values you want to set to config properties.
The way I understand is, you should get the available resources by navigating through the project/testSuite instance and then add testSuite/testStep/testRequest objects.


Best Regards,
Prakash
SmartBear Sweden

Hi,

I figured out that from the beginning I was trying to do this by the hard way (building the REST TestRequest from scratch).

Recently I came up with some simpler idea, but the result is still the same - either I receive the above mentioned Dialog window for missing REST TestReuqest or the script will ended without any failure, but the REST TestRequest won't be created.

I'm looping over my interfaces and want to create the REST TestRequest based on specific RestResource, but it still isn't working.

Here is my code:

testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.getInterfaceList().each{
 it.getAllOperations().each{
  if (it.getName().contains("RSP120")){   
   testRunner.testCase.testSuite.addNewTestCase(testCaseName)
   def newTestCase = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites["customProjectDefects"].testCases[testCaseName]        
   RestRequestStepFactory restStep = new RestRequestStepFactory() 
   
   //attempt no. 1
   RestResource restResource = new RestResource(it.getInterface(), it.getConfig())       
   
   RestMethod restMethod = new RestMethod(restResource, RestMethodConfig.Factory.newInstance())
   restStep.buildTestStep(newTestCase, restStep.createNewTestStep(restMethod, "RSP120 POST"), false)
   
   
   /*
   //attempt no.2 
   RestResource restResource = new RestResource(it, it.getConfig())       
   
   RestMethod restMethod = new RestMethod(restResource, RestMethodConfig.Factory.newInstance())
   restStep.buildTestStep(newTestCase, restStep.createNewTestStep(restMethod, "RSP120 POST"), false)
   */
   
   //attempt no.3
   //restStep.buildTestStep(newTestCase, restStep.createNewTestStep(it.getRestMethodByName("POST"), "RSP120 POST"), false)
   
   //attempt no.4
   //restStep.buildTestStep(newTestCase, restStep.createNewTestStep(it.getRestMethodAt(0), "RSP120 POST"), false)
   
   //attempt no.5
   //restStep.buildTestStep(newTestCase, restStep.createNewTestStep(it.addNewMethod("POST"), "RSP120 POST"), false)
  }
 }
}

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, all 5 attempts should be working correctly.

Thanks for answer

Regards,
Marek

Hi Marek,

It's really odd that this just fails silently. I think this looks incorrect, though, but I may be missing something:

def newTestCase = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites["customProjectDefects"].testCases[testCaseName]

The interface com.eviware.soapui.model.testsuite.TestSuite doesn't expose a method named getTestCases(), but the method getTestCaseByName(String). Can you try replacing this line with

def newTestCase = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites["customProjectDefects"].getTestCaseByName(testCaseName)

Let us know if that works for you

Regards,
Manne Fagerlind

Hi Manne,

this is strange, now I'm receiving NullPointerExceptions for all my 5 attempts - with and also without your solution.
These NPEs weren't for sure appearing before.

But back to your advice.
Although you're correct, that there is no method named getTestCases() in Interface com.eviware.soapui.model.testsuite.TestSuite, but that line works correctly.
I'm using this line since I've started working with SoapUI (2,5 years ago).

If you want to check it, try this (it's returning "true" for me):

tc1 = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites["temp"].testCases["test"] 
tc2 = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites["temp"].getTestCaseByName("test")

log.info(tc1 == tc2)
log.info(tc1)
log.info(tc2)

log.info(tc1.getClass() == tc2.getClass())
log.info(tc1.getClass())
log.info(tc2.getClass())

log.info(tc1.getConfig() == tc2.getConfig())
log.info(tc1.getConfig())
log.info(tc2.getConfig())

Hi Marek,
testCases["test"] works because it is translated to "getTestCases()["test"]" in groovy. There is a method "getTestCases()" in class com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlTestSuite (implementation for the interface) which returns a map and the test case name is the key in the map.

Regarding the NPE and other problems - can you please share the project with bare minimum details so that we can reproduce and figure out whats going on?

Best Regards,
Prakash
SmartBear Sweden