[Resolved] Using regular expressions in assertions

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Hi guys,I am new to SoapUI and using the free version. So far things have been going quite well and I made a few (contains and not contains) assertions to validate xml responses and they work fine.Next step is to add an assertion where I first read a (dynamic) value between 2 xml-tags and then check that value against expected values.For example, let's take the following tags and value:&lt;CategoryA&gt; 15 &lt;/CategorieA&gt;How would I create an assertion that first reads the value between &lt;CategorieA&gt; and &lt;/CategorieA&gt; and then checks if the value is higher than 10 but lower than 20?Can this be done with only an assertion and a regular expression? I cannot find anything similar in manuals or on the web.Any help would be highly appreciated.Kind regards,Freddy

siking · Answer

XPath: http://www.soapui.org/Functional-Testin ... tions.html

freddy · Answer

Thank u very much. I will have a look at that.

freddy · Answer

Ok, I got as far now as using an XPath Match in SoapUI in which I am reading a value from the xml response.

Basically that looks like:

declare namespace ns1='...namespace...';
ns1:Node1[1]/ns1:SubNode[1]/ns1:ElementValue[1]

This returns the desired value. Final step is that I would like to catch this value into a variable which I would then like to compare to a project property.
I have been trying to define variables in my XPath Match but have not been succesful so far.

Could anyone please give me a short example on how to do this?

Thanks again a lot in advance!

saranya · Answer

You can catch the value using a groovy script and do all validations you need.
for ex:
you can try the below script in the script assertion:

def holder = new XmlHolder( messageExchange.responseContentAsXml )
holder.namespaces["ns1"] = "your namespace"

def nodevalue = holder.getNodeValue( "//ns1:Node1[1]//ns1:SubNode[1]//ns1:ElementValue[1])

this node value will get the element value and you can do validations with the value you got. Groovy is much similar to java or javascript.

siking · Answer

Freddy wrote:Could anyone please give me a short example on how to do this?It would be a good idea to go through the documentation. Property expansion is used throughout SoapUI, and so it is mentioned throughout the documentation.http://www.soapui.org/Functional-Testin ... rties.html

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