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thatsthat
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3 years ago

Rest request in a Test Case disables the Resource and Parameters fields / Add Parameter to Resource

After working through the details of a series of requests I have strung them together in to a Test Case by using the 'Add Request to Test Case' feature.   Once I do this .. the Resource and Paramet...
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    JoostDG
    3 years ago

    Hi thatsthat  

    You can add cartid in the resource url directly in the api definitions, like this "/api/cart/{cartid}". I would prefer cartId to be honest, that's more in accordance with naming standards, but I guess cartid would work as well...

    Type should be template.

    Note that this will probably impact any test cases you already have (the values for cartid will get blanked out).

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thatsthat
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Thanks for clarifying this JoostDG .. and again to you richie for the bigger picture I needed that ..definitely more reading for me.

 

Cool so change back on the API at self before I add to test case nice.

 

Right so this is an odd request someone has put together ..the 'Id' of the shopping cart is in the Resource section i.e. 1441 below .. there is no query parameter:

 

The valid request when sent looks like this:

 

GET https://host/api/cart/1441?clientId=uavittrade

 

So it makes sense to add one so I can pass it on (or call it from an earlier request).

If I add the parameter like this:

I see this:

If I set a value in the cartid field and send the request I get a 'No such host is known error as I have compromised the url. You can see no cart id now is being passed:

 

GET https://host/api/cart?clientId=uavittrade

 

If I change the parameter from template to QUERY I see the cartid now in the Paramaters section at top right ..but this produces an invalid query

 

 

https://host/api/cart?clientId=uavittrade&cartid=1441

 

I somehow need to target the Resource .. is that possible? 

 

 

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JoostDG
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago

Hi thatsthat  

You can add cartid in the resource url directly in the api definitions, like this "/api/cart/{cartid}". I would prefer cartId to be honest, that's more in accordance with naming standards, but I guess cartid would work as well...

Type should be template.

Note that this will probably impact any test cases you already have (the values for cartid will get blanked out).