How to add nodes for soapUI request,useing groovy?

Hi,

maybe this will help you to get build/append your requests. Since I do not know where you get the data from and how it is provided (represented in the code) I will assume a list of maps, the map contains the CD information.

//the request body with no CDs
def reqBody = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
  <soap:Header>
    <m:Trans xmlns:m="https://www.w3schools.com/transaction/" soap:actor="https://www.w3schools.com/code/">234</m:Trans>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CATALOG/>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>"""

//for our test lets use a list of maps, each map contains one CD
def cds = [
	[	"TITLE": "Empire Burlesque",
		"ARTIST": "Bob Dylan",
		"PRICE": "10.90"],
	[	"TITLE": "Hide your heart",
		"ARTIST": "Bonnie Tyler",
		"PRICE": "9.90"],
	[	"TITLE": "Greatest Hits",
		"ARTIST": "Dolly Parton",
		"PRICE": "9.90"],
	[	"TITLE": "Still got the blues",
		"ARTIST": "Gary Moore",
		"PRICE": "10.20"]
]

//read in the request body and find the catalog node
def root = new XmlParser().parseText( reqBody )	//<Envelope>
def catalog = root.'**'.find { it.name().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("catalog") }	//find catalog

//now add all CDs
for(cd in cds) {
	//create CD node
	Node cdNode = new Node(catalog, "CD")

	//add information to CD node
	for(key in ["TITLE", "ARTIST", "PRICE"]) {
		cdNode.appendNode(key, cd[key])
	}
}

//check result till here
log.info(groovy.xml.XmlUtil.serialize(root))

//add even more CDs
def moreCDs = [
	[	"TITLE": "Greatest Hits Vol.1",
		"ARTIST": "Various Artists",
		"PRICE": "14.95"],
	[	"TITLE": "Greatest Hits Vol.2",
		"ARTIST": "Various Artists",
		"PRICE": "17.95"]
]


// add even more CDs
for(cd in moreCDs) {
	//create CD node
	Node cdNode = new Node(catalog, "CD")

	//add information to CD node
	for(key in ["TITLE", "ARTIST", "PRICE"]) {
		cdNode.appendNode(key, cd[key])
	}
}

//convert to text
def requestXML = groovy.xml.XmlUtil.serialize(root)

//check result
log.info(requestXML)

log.info("done")

I used this to lookup a few examples of how to interact with an XML using XMLParser (didn't really (often) use it before):

(documentation)

http://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/api/groovy/util/Node.html

(some examples of how to use them)

https://www.codota.com/web/assistant/code/rs/5c6574441095a5000151d7bf#L241

We started with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
  <soap:Header>
    <m:Trans xmlns:m="https://www.w3schools.com/transaction/" soap:actor="https://www.w3schools.com/code/">234</m:Trans>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CATALOG/>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

The result, after we run the code, looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
  <soap:Header>
    <m:Trans xmlns:m="https://www.w3schools.com/transaction/" soap:actor="https://www.w3schools.com/code/">234</m:Trans>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CATALOG>
      <CD>
        <TITLE>Empire Burlesque</TITLE>
        <ARTIST>Bob Dylan</ARTIST>
        <PRICE>10.90</PRICE>
      </CD>
      <CD>
        <TITLE>Hide your heart</TITLE>
        <ARTIST>Bonnie Tyler</ARTIST>
        <PRICE>9.90</PRICE>
      </CD>
      <CD>
        <TITLE>Greatest Hits</TITLE>
        <ARTIST>Dolly Parton</ARTIST>
        <PRICE>9.90</PRICE>
      </CD>
      <CD>
        <TITLE>Still got the blues</TITLE>
        <ARTIST>Gary Moore</ARTIST>
        <PRICE>10.20</PRICE>
      </CD>
      <CD>
        <TITLE>Greatest Hits Vol.1</TITLE>
        <ARTIST>Various Artists</ARTIST>
        <PRICE>14.95</PRICE>
      </CD>
      <CD>
        <TITLE>Greatest Hits Vol.2</TITLE>
        <ARTIST>Various Artists</ARTIST>
        <PRICE>17.95</PRICE>
      </CD>
    </CATALOG>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>