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livetoski78
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6 years ago

How to set the value of a test case property from JSON response via Groovy?

I'm using SoapUI open source for REST testing, so I need to do things the hard way via Groovy (no JSON property transfer).  I have a test step that places a call to /workspaces, creating a new worksp...
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    nmrao
    6 years ago

     

    livetoski78 ,

    Please use below script assertion to the REST Request Test step( that means remove the additional groovy script test step)

     

    /**
* Below is the script assertion for the REST Request step
* which extracts the data id and set it test case property
**/
assert context.response, 'Response is empty or null'
def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(context.response)
//Change the property name as needed
log.info json.data.id
context.testCase.setPropertyValue('ID', json.data.id.toString())
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nmrao
Champion Level 3
Change below of the last statement
From:
slurper.data[0].id

To:
slurper.data[0].id as String
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livetoski78
New Contributor
6 years ago

I changed the last line to:

testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("workspace_id", slurper.data[0].id as String)

But am still receiving the same error.

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    nmrao
    Champion Level 3
    6 years ago
    Can you please post the json?
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      livetoski78
      New Contributor
      6 years ago
      {
   "status": 200,
   "code": 2000,
   "totalCount": 1,
   "limit": 20,
   "offset": 0,
   "data":    {
      "id": 7002,
      "name": "Test Workspace",
      "isDisabled": false,
      "tags": null,
      "description": "Test Workspace Description",
      "parsedDescription":       {
         "text": "Test Workspace Description"
      },
      "created": "2019-01-31T18:48:31+0000",
      "modified": "2019-01-31T18:48:31+0000",
      "settings":       {
         "logoUrl": null,
         "setupGuide": {
                  "text":          {
            "intro": null,
            "settings": null,
            "forms": null,
            "members": null,
            "reports": null
         }
              }
      },
      "metadata":       {
         "lastActivity": null,
         "storageUsed": "0.0000"
      }
   }
}
      • nmrao's avatar
        nmrao
        Champion Level 3
        6 years ago

         

        livetoski78 ,

        Please use below script assertion to the REST Request Test step( that means remove the additional groovy script test step)

         

        /**
* Below is the script assertion for the REST Request step
* which extracts the data id and set it test case property
**/
assert context.response, 'Response is empty or null'
def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(context.response)
//Change the property name as needed
log.info json.data.id
context.testCase.setPropertyValue('ID', json.data.id.toString())