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mmoser18
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8 years ago
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Adding HTTP-headers to ALL test-cases of a test-suite (or several test-suites)?

We had to change the authentication mechanism for several web-applications that we developed. That means that for all our test-cases I now need to include a set of additional HTTP-headers to each and...
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nmrao
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Access_token is something pre-defined fixed value or it should be fetched using a service call? Then add that to all the further service calls?
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mmoser18
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8 years ago

Access_token is a project-level custom property. It is always fetched and updated in a test-case at the very begin of my test-suites and is then valid and used during the entire execution of that test suite.

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    nmrao
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    8 years ago

    So, as you already mentioned, you need to get it and save it as Project level custom property say ACCESS_TOKEN.

    Then, In your case there are two options.

    Either you need to add the predefined Header property using property expansion to all the required steps say ${#Project#ACCESS_TOKEN}. So, yes, the header needs to be to added to all existing test requests and for the new test requests as well which you will be adding in the future.

    Or add ACCESS_TOKEN as header for each out going request programatically. Not only that, but also requires a feature called Events (which is part of pro edition) or an extension for Open source edition mentioned here.

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      nmrao
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      8 years ago
      Action you needed here is "Before Submitting Each Request"
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        mmoser18
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        8 years ago

        Hi Rao

        thanks for pointing me to this solution! I am now trying to implement this.

         

        What I am currently stuck with is: How do I set/add HTTP-headers to a request?

        My RequestSteoBeforeSubmit.groovy file will need to reads something like this:

         

        testStep.httpRequest.setHeader('Authorization','Bearer ${#Project#Mashery_Access_Token}')
testStep.httpRequest.setHeader('X-Mashery-Host','${#Project#target_address}')
testStep.httpRequest.setHeader('X-Mashery-Service-Key','foobar')

        I have two questions:

         

        1. I wrote here "...httpRequest.setHeader('key', 'value') but I don't even know, whether httpHeader provides such a method.Is there some documentation on these "inner" types (like testSuite, testCase, testStep, httpRequest, etc.) to find out, what fields and methods they support?

         

        2. Some of the values would first have to be expanded (like in the above example the "${#Project#Mashery_Access_Token}" and "${#Project#target_address}"). I assume that this listener is called *after* properties-expansion has already taken place. If so: how would I expand such a property here in the listener before assigning it? Is that possible via the same

        value = context.expand("${some-property-name}")

        as one would do in a scripted-assertion?

         

         

        Regards,

        Michael