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TDYSmartBear
Occasional Contributor
7 years ago

Use regular expression on ReadyAPI event target

I'm trying to use different RequestFilter.filterRequest to add headers to different tests. Not sure how the regular expression should be used in the target field.   I'd like to use RequestFilter1 f...
  • Bill_In_Irvine's avatar
    Bill_In_Irvine
    7 years ago

    I am using ReadyAPI 2.2.0 and haven't upgraded yet.  I don't see a "event dialogue" so I'm not sure what you mean. But From the Events button at the upper right, next to the bell icon, click the button.

     

    The Events window opens. Use "+" to add RequestFilter.filterRequest - I thought from your original message you already know this stuff. 

     

    In your groovy script - assuming you use the GET processing like the above code I suggested,

     

    def headers = request.requestHeaders

String theMethod = context.getProperty("httpMethod").toString()

String theGet = new String("GET")

def namelist = context.getPropertyNames()

// EXAMPLE: Set header to application/x-www-form-urlencoded in case GET

// clear out request content, set header Content-Type to application/x-www-form/urlencoded
if (theMethod.substring(0, 3) == theGet) 
{

     // Clear out the request content. Actually this probably fullfills the same
     // as "Remove Empty Content" in the REST Request Properties: tab
     context.setProperty("requestContent", '')
     request.requestContent = ''

	log.info "headers (right before adding  the urlencoded content type): " + headers

	log.info "headers size now: " + (request.requestHeaders.size())

	headers.put( "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") // Replace values with those you need

	log.info "Added Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

        // finish setting the header...
	request.requestHeaders = headers

	log.info "headers size now: " + (request.requestHeaders.size())

	// display the header
	log.info "actual header is " + request.requestHeaders

}
else
{
//blah blah blah 2
}
Bill_In_Irvine's avatar
Bill_In_Irvine
Contributor
7 years ago

Why not use one RequestFilter.filterRequest event? Then ssearch for the httpMethod "GET"  or "DELETE" and use conditional statements to do the processing according to the method?

 

log.info "\n\n\n\n"
log.info "                  This is the RequestFilter.filterRequest Groovy Script running now "
log.info "\n\n\n\n"

// Figured how to narrow the scope of this event handler to the GET methods
String theMethod = context.getProperty("httpMethod").toString()

String theGet = new String("GET")
String theDelete - new String("DELETE")

// Only do this stuff if method is GET
// clear out request content, set header Content-Type to application/x-www-form/urlencoded
if (theMethod.substring(0, 3) == theGet) 
{
   // blah blah blah 1
}
else if (theMethod.substring(0,6) == theDelete)
{
  // blah blah blah 2
}

 

  • TDYSmartBear's avatar
    TDYSmartBear
    Occasional Contributor
    7 years ago

    Thank you for the prompt response. Any way to do it from the ReadyAPI event dialogue?

    • Bill_In_Irvine's avatar
      Bill_In_Irvine
      Contributor
      7 years ago

      I am using ReadyAPI 2.2.0 and haven't upgraded yet.  I don't see a "event dialogue" so I'm not sure what you mean. But From the Events button at the upper right, next to the bell icon, click the button.

       

      The Events window opens. Use "+" to add RequestFilter.filterRequest - I thought from your original message you already know this stuff. 

       

      In your groovy script - assuming you use the GET processing like the above code I suggested,

       

      def headers = request.requestHeaders

String theMethod = context.getProperty("httpMethod").toString()

String theGet = new String("GET")

def namelist = context.getPropertyNames()

// EXAMPLE: Set header to application/x-www-form-urlencoded in case GET

// clear out request content, set header Content-Type to application/x-www-form/urlencoded
if (theMethod.substring(0, 3) == theGet) 
{

     // Clear out the request content. Actually this probably fullfills the same
     // as "Remove Empty Content" in the REST Request Properties: tab
     context.setProperty("requestContent", '')
     request.requestContent = ''

	log.info "headers (right before adding  the urlencoded content type): " + headers

	log.info "headers size now: " + (request.requestHeaders.size())

	headers.put( "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") // Replace values with those you need

	log.info "Added Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

        // finish setting the header...
	request.requestHeaders = headers

	log.info "headers size now: " + (request.requestHeaders.size())

	// display the header
	log.info "actual header is " + request.requestHeaders

}
else
{
//blah blah blah 2
}
      • TDYSmartBear's avatar
        TDYSmartBear
        Occasional Contributor
        7 years ago

        Thank you very much!