Forum Discussion

Oxnard's avatar
Oxnard
New Contributor
7 years ago

file data embedded in json

using SoapUI 5.1.3

doing a post request

have selected Media Type of application/json

the json looks like

{

 "myname":"Ox"

}

 

I have added an attachment but there does not seem to be a way to embed in the json like

 

{

 "myname":"Ox"

 "file":"data in the file"

}

 

have added an attachment and in the parameters table at top have

name value                  style          level

file    file:myfile.txt     QUERY    METHOD

 

if I do a media type of multipart/mixed or form data I can see the file and json in the Raw view but the file is not embedded in the json. 

 

what I am looking for is a Media type of application/json and to have the data in the file as a value.

thanks

  • JHunt's avatar
    JHunt
    7 years ago

    For SOAP TestRequests we have an option called Inline Files, which lets you set the file as an Attachment and refer to it in the body of the request to put the file data inline.

     

    This isn't available for REST requests, but it's not much harder to use an inline script:

     

    {
    "myname":"Ox"
    "file":"${=new File("C:/somefile").bytes.encodeBase64()}"
}

    (Presuming you want to insert the file encoded as base 64)

     

    You don't need to attach the file to the request, but you will need to give an absolute path to the file on disk.

     

  • JHunt's avatar
    JHunt
    Community Hero
    7 years ago

    For SOAP TestRequests we have an option called Inline Files, which lets you set the file as an Attachment and refer to it in the body of the request to put the file data inline.

     

    This isn't available for REST requests, but it's not much harder to use an inline script:

     

    {
    "myname":"Ox"
    "file":"${=new File("C:/somefile").bytes.encodeBase64()}"
}

    (Presuming you want to insert the file encoded as base 64)

     

    You don't need to attach the file to the request, but you will need to give an absolute path to the file on disk.

     

    • Oxnard's avatar
      Oxnard
      New Contributor
      7 years ago

      where is the scripting documented at?

       

      thanks very much!