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dataki
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago

Can I use soapui or readyapi to provide the scripting for automated json downloads?

I'm new to all of this, am mostly a db/.net developer. I need to pull data from a rest json data source on a regular basis (scheduled). I have a user name and password from the provider and can manu...
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  • ChrisAdams's avatar
    ChrisAdams
    4 years ago

    Hi,

     

    My two cents.  You could use SoapUI to do this, but it might be more effort than it's worth.  You would have to use the SoapUI GUI to create your 'tests' to save the JSON.  Once happy with the tests, these can be run 'headless' from the command line.  I imagine you would then need a batch job to call the SoapUI tests from the command line.

     

    As you asked, SoapUI is primarily for functional/performance testing of APIs.

     

    If I were in your shoes, I'd probably plumb for a Python script or a simple Node app, but seeing as you're a .Net developer, you probably already have the skills to knock up a simple Console App and add it to a scheduled task app.

     

    Good luck!

     

    Chris

     

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ChrisAdams
Champion Level 3
4 years ago

Hi,

 

My two cents.  You could use SoapUI to do this, but it might be more effort than it's worth.  You would have to use the SoapUI GUI to create your 'tests' to save the JSON.  Once happy with the tests, these can be run 'headless' from the command line.  I imagine you would then need a batch job to call the SoapUI tests from the command line.

 

As you asked, SoapUI is primarily for functional/performance testing of APIs.

 

If I were in your shoes, I'd probably plumb for a Python script or a simple Node app, but seeing as you're a .Net developer, you probably already have the skills to knock up a simple Console App and add it to a scheduled task app.

 

Good luck!

 

Chris