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CarsScott
New Contributor
9 years ago

How to find a value in multiple nodes returned in a Response so I can pass it to next Request

Hi,   Using latest open source SoapUI and I'm calling one w.s. that returns multiple nodes in the response and I need to find the one node that has the value i need to pass it along to next w.s. re...
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testhrishi
Frequent Contributor
9 years ago

Hi, you will have to create a property transfer step to grab the particular value from the xpath. for that you will need to write a expression to pull specific value where status equals something

for example - //*:status[text()='INPROGRESS']/preceding-sibling::*:executionId/text()

I was able to grab the unique properties from  node using above in soapUI

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    CarsScott
    New Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thanks so much!

     

    I understand this much of the xpath - //*:status[text()='INPROGRESS']

     

    Could you explain the rest of your expression please?  /preceding-sibling::*:executionId/text()

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      testhrishi
      Frequent Contributor
      9 years ago

      /preceding-sibling::*: is a literal you can keep that part and then you can provide the element name for the text you are looking to retain from the response node followed by the /text(). Tha should get you the conditional value you looking to grab. I may have to look at the response to know more.

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        CarsScott
        New Contributor
        9 years ago

        Perfect, thanks for explaining and your help!