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piyu_sarda
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

SOAP UI 5.2 is throwing JSON invalid error while property transfer although JSON is valid

Hi, I am getting proper collection JSON response as part of Rest API call. I have validated it using jsonlint.com. But when i am performing a property transfer from Response to next request, SOAP UI...
  • migueleis's avatar
    migueleis
    10 years ago

    Finally I succeeded with this configuration.

     

    Thanks.

nmrao's avatar
nmrao
Champion Level 3
10 years ago
What values you need out of it?
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    10 years ago

    Hi Piyu_sarda,

     

    If you provided us with a sample project where this issue is reproduced, I would pass it to our Dev Team so that they could investigate this.

     

    • piyu_sarda's avatar
      piyu_sarda
      Occasional Contributor
      10 years ago

      Hi Tanya,

       

      Finally after a good number of hours, I came to know the root cause of this issue. The response JSON contains a empty line at the top which SOAP UI is not able to process. Although the JSON view of Response in the Test Step shows a valid JSON but when performing a property transfer, it looks like it is picking up from raw response which has an empty line at the top. My dev team is not going to definitely fix this in a shorter term as the our APIs are used by other applications and no one complained about it.

       

      Is there a way in SOAP UI to get around it? I have replicated this issue with a sample project. Do you still need it or the details are sufficient to replicate this?

       

      Thanks,

      Piyu

  • piyu_sarda's avatar
    piyu_sarda
    Occasional Contributor
    10 years ago

    Hi ,

     

    I should be able to extract any value. For now you can look into href element under collection.

     

    Thanks

    • nmrao's avatar
      nmrao
      Champion Level 3
      10 years ago

      Have you looked into the sample provided

      • piyu_sarda's avatar
        piyu_sarda
        Occasional Contributor
        10 years ago

        Hi Rao,

        Sorry I could not reply earlier.I have looked at your answer and i tried it using groovy but it still says invalid JSON. I was completely lost after and tried various permutations.

         

        After banging my head for a good number of hours, finally I came to know the root cause of this silly issue. The response JSON contains a empty line at the top which SOAP UI is not able to process. Although the JSON view of Response in the Test Step shows a valid JSON but when performing a property transfer, it looks like it is picking up from raw response which has an empty line at the top. My dev team is not going to definitely fix this in a shorter term as the our APIs are used by other applications and no one complained about it.

         

        Is there a way in SOAP UI to get around it?

         

        Thanks,

        Piyu