Launch browser with specific URL and return text back into Soap UI

Hi Dain,
I knew it was supposed to work with HTTPTestRequest but could not make it work and found no real examples of that. If you can provide me with a brief, real example, I'd appreciate it.

In the mean time, I used Groovy to solve my problem using logic including:

url = new URL("http://www.mywebsite.com")
def output = url.getText()

Best regards,
Igor

Hi Igor,


You may be able to achieve this by using an HTTP client (not necessarily a web browser) that can save a URL destination as a file (wget or curl). You could then create a Groovy script that invokes such an HTTP client and process the file (found at a known location on the local file system) in subsequent test steps.

Do let us know if you managed to do this.


Cheers!
/Nenad Nikolic a.k.a. Shonzilla

Hi,

Why not just use a HttpTestRequest from within soapUI? You should be able to mimic the browsers request fully by doing so.

Regards,
Dain
eviware support

Hello,

When using the url command in groovy to get the content of a web page
for which a username and password is required,
noticed that I need to pass credentials somehow in here
url = new URL("http://user:pwd@server.domain.com:3000/v1/carids/38155/components/1/")

I have the same problem with HTTPTestRequest,
If anyone can provide me with a hint on how to solve this problem, I'd really appreciate it

thanks in advance

Hi Igor,


What kind of problem do you have? Being more specific will make it easier for someone to help you.

The solution really depends on what type of authentication is used by the server you're accessing. Could you figure out what is it?


Cheers!
/Nenad Nikolic a.k.a. Shonzilla

Hello,

Thanks for asking.

When I browse thru the Rest Server (looks like a Web page actually),
I'm been asked to authenticate myself,and a popup screen displays asking for
the corresponding username and password.

After that, I get immediate access to the web pages and can navigate thru them.

When I try the same from SoapUI using Groovy, I get the following:

Exception thrown: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://domain.mycompany.com:8085/v1/years/

java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://domain.mycompany.com:8085/v1/years/

Don't know if this info is enough to get my self understood.

If I put my username and passord on the URL command as follows:
URL url = new URL("http://user:pwd@domain.mycompany.com:8085/v1/years/");

I get exactly the same error message:
Exception thrown: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://user:pwd@domain.mycompany.com:8085/v1/years/

java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://user:pwd@domain.mycompany.com:8085/v1/years/

Thanks in advance,
Igor

Hi,

Finally did it with HTTPTestRequest, provided with the autorization credentials. How easily done on SoapUI

Thanks

Hi Igor,


I'm glad you managed to successfully access the authentication-protected HTTP server.


Cheers!
/Nenad Nikolic a.k.a. Shonzilla