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Paul424
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

howto invoke aws-sdk to verify results?

For a project we like to use soapui to test a processing pipeline that is deployed to aws using services such as elasticbeanstalk, kinesis streams and s3. We have succeeded to issue REST requests to ...
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rupert_anderson
Valued Contributor
9 years ago

Hi nmrao,

 

Yeah, sorry I meant Java AWS SDK - this one:

 

https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/

 

At the time I didn't find it easy to integrate, due to it requiring newer versions of some of the same dependencies that soapui uses in its lib folder - adding the newer versions in the /ext folder lead to classpath issues. However, I expect its possible to succeed if you alter / override some of the SoapUI libs, and Paul may well manage it, its just that I didn't have a lot of time and couldn't really suggest recipes in that cookbook that went too far off the beaten track.

 

Thanks,

Rup

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    rupert_anderson
    Valued Contributor
    9 years ago

    Possibly, a longer term solution would be to raise an improvement request to update some of the versions of the Apache commons libraries in the SoapUI lib folder (which would be good anyway, may take some refactoring) and I could pick up the ticket and hopefully fix it up in GitHub for the next version of SoapUI. Then the AWS Java SDK and possibly other extensions, might be easier to integrate directly.

     

    Thanks,

    Rup

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      Paul424
      Occasional Contributor
      9 years ago

      Actually i meant not the sdk for java but either:

      - awscli (which is in boto3/python)

      - aws-sdk for javascript (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/guide/node-intro.html)

       

      I'm not familiar with groovy and its capabilities to interop with python or js? But i guess it should be feasible to import the .js libraries from a javascript right? What kind of js support does soapui have?

       

      Another option could be to run an external (wrapper) script/program?

       

      Paul

       

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        rupert_anderson
        Valued Contributor
        9 years ago

        Sure, I don't know about those other SDKs. Possibly the JavaScript one could be made to work, an interesting challenge, but not something I can guide you on beyond the basics. Like I say I have only played with JavaScript within SoapUI, I wouldn't be surprised if there were limits.

         

        I mainly chose the Groovy approach & Java AWS SDK, because Groovy is a first class citizen within SoapUI, whereas JavaScript might not be. Also the Java syntax is obviously legal Groovy e.g. the AWS Java SDK samples should work with a minimum of effort within SoapUI Groovy TestSteps. I like Python, but I am personally not aware of any synergies with Groovy or SoapUI. The libs that that Java AWS SDK packages are quite a lot:

         

        aspectjrt-1.8.2.jar
aspectjweaver.jar
commons-codec-1.9.jar
commons-logging-1.1.3.jar
freemarker-2.3.9.jar
httpclient-4.5.2.jar
httpcore-4.4.4.jar
ion-java-1.0.0.jar
jackson-annotations-2.6.0.jar
jackson-core-2.6.6.jar
jackson-databind-2.6.6.jar
jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.6.6.jar
javax.mail-api-1.4.6.jar
jmespath-java-1.0.jar
joda-time-2.8.1.jar
spring-beans-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar
spring-core-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar
spring-test-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar

        The idea of an external wrapper, was also something I was thinking about. It could be the cleanest architectural and most flexible approach at this point.

         

        Interesting stuff you're doing :-)

         

        Regards,

        Rup