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amit_db's avatar
amit_db
New Contributor
9 years ago

Not able to add xpath assertion on a complex REST API response

Hi,     I am using SoapUI 5.2.1 (free version). I am testing a REST API and trying to add assertion to the response message I am getting. Problem is that the response I am getting is not simple, t...
  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    9 years ago

    amit_db,

     

    Mr KarelHusa provided already a solution and a suggestion to use regular expression.

     

    Here is another way using Script Assertion:

     

     

    /**
* Closure to search for certain element data
* input parameters
* xml data, element name to search
**/
def searchData = { data, element ->
   def parsedData = new XmlSlurper().parseText(data)
   parsedData.'**'.find { it.name() == element} as String
}

//Check if there is any thing in response
assert context.response, "Response is empty or null"

//Get the cdata part which is inside element "pre"
def cData = searchData(context.response,'pre')
assert cData, "CDATA is empty or null"

//Get the instrumentId from cdata
def instrumentId = searchData(cData, 'InstrumentRUID')

//Check if that is matching.
assert '16133645' == instrumentId, "InstrumentId is not matching"
nmrao's avatar
nmrao
Champion Level 3

amit_db,

 

Mr KarelHusa provided already a solution and a suggestion to use regular expression.

 

Here is another way using Script Assertion:

 

 

/**
* Closure to search for certain element data
* input parameters
* xml data, element name to search
**/
def searchData = { data, element ->
   def parsedData = new XmlSlurper().parseText(data)
   parsedData.'**'.find { it.name() == element} as String
}

//Check if there is any thing in response
assert context.response, "Response is empty or null"

//Get the cdata part which is inside element "pre"
def cData = searchData(context.response,'pre')
assert cData, "CDATA is empty or null"

//Get the instrumentId from cdata
def instrumentId = searchData(cData, 'InstrumentRUID')

//Check if that is matching.
assert '16133645' == instrumentId, "InstrumentId is not matching"
amit_db's avatar
amit_db
New Contributor
9 years ago

Hi Rao,

 

Thanks for the solution, it worked for me. One more question, what if I want to assert the value of an element from an external source, like an excel or DB ?

 

Thanks,

Amit