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Mis3
Frequent Contributor
4 years ago

How to output the HTTP response to a log file

This is another API I am working with. I use the following to output the results to a log file. def header = tStep.getTestRequest().response.responseHeaders log.info " Seq="+i+" "+"="+data[1]+"|Re...
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    Mis3
    4 years ago

    It is working now after some trial-and-errors.

    I replaced the def statement by String statement and the lines below did remove the square brackets.  

     

    String MESSAGE_TAS = tStep.getTestRequest().response.responseHeaders.'#status#'
    MESSAGE_TAS = MESSAGE_TAS.replaceAll("[\\[\\](){}]","")    // remove square brackets
    log.info " Seq="+i+" "+data[1]+",TAS-Put Result: "+MESSAGE_TAS

     

    Log info= Fri Sep 17 11:10:18 EDT 2021:INFO: Seq=5 14313140097,TAS-Put Result: HTTP/1.1 204

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Mis3
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Thanks.   I tried this and it worked:

def MESSAGE1 = tStep.getTestRequest().response.responseHeaders.'#status#'

log.info " Seq="+i+" "+data[0] + " " + msisdn_1 + " " + MESSAGE1

 

MESSAGE1 is now [HTTP/1.1 404 ].  Not sure where did these square brackets come from?   How do I get rid of them?

 

 

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richie
Community Hero
4 years ago
Hey Mis3,

Im on my phone so i cant double check. Can you 'log.info' MESSAGE1 variable immediately after youve declared it please?

I want to see what it is before you start concatenating the other values together.

Also, i thought you just wanted the status code. I didnt think you wanted the http version number as well.

We can strip off the square brackets and the HTTP/1.1 if you need, but we need to do it BEFORE you start concatenating the string.

Ta

Rich
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    richie
    Community Hero
    4 years ago
    Hey Mis3,

    Oh. I just thought. Are thise square brackets really there or are they just rendered by the loggjng but in actual fact theyre no really there....

    Ta

    Rich
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      Mis3
      Frequent Contributor
      4 years ago

      As per your suggestion, I added a log.info right after and the square brackets are there in MESSAGE1 (see below).

      It is OK as is but to align with other log files, it would be great if I can find a way to remove these brackets.

       

      def MESSAGE1 = tStep.getTestRequest().response.responseHeaders.'#status#'
      log.info MESSAGE1
      log.info " Seq="+i+" "+data[0] + " " + msisdn_1 + " " + MESSAGE1
      report << "\n"+sdf.format(log_date)+" Seq="+i+" "+data[0] + " " + msisdn_1 + " " +MESSAGE1

       

      Wed Sep 15 18:28:39 EDT 2021:INFO:[HTTP/1.1 204 ]

      And in the report file:  09/15/2021 18:28:37 Seq=0 4313140097 14313140097 [HTTP/1.1 204 ]

      • richie's avatar
        richie
        Community Hero
        4 years ago
        Hey Mis3,

        Ok. What we need to do (or at least this is the way i would do this, the groovy experts would probably do it a lot more efficiently) is to pass the MESSAGE1 variable to a property (say in a Properties step), and strip out the square brackets using the replaceAll() method (via a Groovy teststep).

        Its 12:30 and ive got an interview tomorrow morning, but have a think about it and if you havent posted a fix by time i check tomorrow after work, i'll send you the groovy to sort it out.

        Although it would probably be better if we identified why you have square brackets in there, rather than just strip them out after the fact!

        Cool?

        Rich