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TvO
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Automate SoapUI

Hi There,   I wonder; is there anyway to 'Automate' SOAPUI entirely? I mean; not only running tests, but also making them? And besides making them, also have stuff like adding and using environme...
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TvO
Occasional Contributor

Hi There,

 

Thanks for replying :)

 

Yeah, it seems to me like a small step...

 

At this moment, i make projects by adding an name, WSDL url and click Yes a cpl of times. Soapui does the rest and when its finished, all i have to do is put some values in the fields of the test case.

 

I have to make about 60 projects in order to test every service we use. We have a lot of ongoing projects, so i have to do this frequently cause our services change a lot and i do not always exactly know which ones are altered, so best thing for me is to 'reload' the wsdl each time or to delete all projects and make new ones.

 

So i was hoping there was some sort of batch function that reads the url from an excel list and makes the project automatically (so not filling the testcases, that i can automate another way by making them data driven, my goal atm is only making projects automatically).

 

I now understand it can be done, but you have to use groovy or java for that (which i both don't know yet), so for now it looks like i have to do it the 'old fashioned' way..

 

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rupert_anderson
Valued Contributor
8 years ago

Hi,

 

Yes, I think your assessment of the options for what you want to do is correct. Generating SoapUI projects, testcases, teststeps and assertions is very doable, and a good option, but is certainly DIY territory i.e. requires basic java or groovy, some knowledge of SoapUI objects and patience. If you want to work on this, I'll try to help you where I can, just start small and build up.

 

Just for completeness, its maybe worth mentioning that, once generated, SoapUI persists its objects as XML in the project file, as you may be aware. Some people also copy/paste/replace a copy of the project file xml using a standard text editor and thus build up the project structure they need this way - it can work too - but, I have generally only done this for tweaks, but others may have done it on a larger scale!

 

Good luck with it and let me know if you need any scripting advice,

Regards,

Rup