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ripplegupta's avatar
ripplegupta
Contributor
8 years ago

How to update description property of a test step via groovy

How to update description property of a test step via groovy.   Each test step has description , how can i update it via groovy ?
  • KarelHusa's avatar
    KarelHusa
    8 years ago

    You are right. The REST test step behaviour seems to be different than other types of steps.

     

    See the following code, it's rather a workaround, but it does the job.

     

    context.testCase.getTestStepList().each {
	def desc = 'New description - TEST'
	def step = it
	step.setDescription(desc)
	if (step.getDescription() != desc) {
		// here we come with REST test step
		log.info step.getName() + ":" + step.getDescription()
		step.getTestRequest().setDescription('Another description')
	}
}
KarelHusa's avatar
KarelHusa
Champion Level 2

You just do it: 

 

step.setDescription('The description')

You can loop through all test steps, e.g. this way:

 

context.testCase.getTestStepList().each {
	def step = it
	step.setDescription('This is my description')
}

 

You can look at API docs for more. The SoapUI objects are derived from the ModelItem and it's implementations, so a lot of API is common for steps, test cases, suites and others.

 

ripplegupta's avatar
ripplegupta
Contributor
8 years ago

Hi KarelHusa,

 

Thanks for answering (I was searching docs and didn't find setDescription, thanks for letting me know.)

 

I used below code in one of the groovy step but its only updating description of that groovy step not of all steps in that test case.

 

I will try but if you can let me know what's wrong here..

 

thanks..

  • KarelHusa's avatar
    KarelHusa
    Champion Level 2
    8 years ago

    The script updates all test steps belonging to the current test case. 

     

    I can recommend to add logging into the loop, e.g. start with:

     

    log.info step.getName()

    If you get stuck, feel free to post the script and a screenshot of your test case/test steps.

     

     

    • ripplegupta's avatar
      ripplegupta
      Contributor
      8 years ago

      Please checkout screenshot, i have 2 test steps

      1 rest request

      1 groovy

       

      getName displays names of both steps but description is set only of groovy step not rest step.

      • KarelHusa's avatar
        KarelHusa
        Champion Level 2
        8 years ago

        You are right. The REST test step behaviour seems to be different than other types of steps.

         

        See the following code, it's rather a workaround, but it does the job.

         

        context.testCase.getTestStepList().each {
	def desc = 'New description - TEST'
	def step = it
	step.setDescription(desc)
	if (step.getDescription() != desc) {
		// here we come with REST test step
		log.info step.getName() + ":" + step.getDescription()
		step.getTestRequest().setDescription('Another description')
	}
}
  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Champion Level 3
    8 years ago
    The script by KarelHusa works perfectly fine. Surprise to see different result with you.