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ar1607's avatar
ar1607
New Contributor
9 years ago

[SoapUI 5.2.1] mockRequest is NULL in REST MockService

I'm using SoapUI 5.2.1 and I have a REST MockService. Whenever I try to implement the following script, I get the NullPointerException .   Script: def requestBody = mockRequest.getRequestContent()...
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  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Like Rao said, we need a few more details, the functionality should definitely work. Here is my mock setup for reference:

    The output you can see in the (script) log is the result of me making a GET request of: http://localhost:9090/test?p=hello

     

    Regards,

    Rup

     

kanchanruia's avatar
kanchanruia
New Contributor
7 years ago

I am getting the same error. How were you able to solve this?

ar1607 wrote:

I'm using SoapUI 5.2.1 and I have a REST MockService. Whenever I try to implement the following script, I get the NullPointerException .

 

Script:

def requestBody = mockRequest.getRequestContent()
log.info "Request body: " + requestBody

 

Error:

com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.mock.DispatchException: Failed to dispatch using script; java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getRequestContent() on null object

 

This is a very frustating error that I'm continuously getting, and surprisingly there is no helpful solution anywhere. Please Help!!!!

 

 

PS : I'm trying to get the content of a HTTP GET request.

 

  • jozefg's avatar
    jozefg
    Visitor
    6 years ago

    Hello.

    I'm getting probably the same issue in POST requests. I'm trying to read JSON request body in the dispatch script of my RESTfull mock in SOAPui.

     

    // log the request body
    log.info(mockRequest.getRequestContent())

     

    // Parse the JSON request.
    def requestBody = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(mockRequest.getRequestContent())

     

    // Set up MSISDN value from the request message.
    requestContext.msisdn = requestBody.phone_number
    requestContext.uuid = requestBody.MC_UUID

    return "Response_OK"

     

     

    After mock restart it works just once. When I repeat the request with same (or different) values it stops on Null value in getRequestContent.

     

    I'm using SOAP UI 5.5.0 for mock and Postman 7.16 for client.

     

    Sending the request

     

    POST http://localhost:8181/v1/identity

    {
    "MC_UUID":"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "phone_number":"31657100013"

    }

     

    with headers

    Content-Type:application/json

    Accept:application/json

    User-Agent:PostmanRuntime/7.16.3

    Content-Length:89

    Connection:keep-alive

    Host:localhost:8181

    Cache-Control:no-cache

    Accept-Encoding:gzip, deflate

     

    In the script log of the SOAP ui mock I can see

    Mon Sep 09 18:14:40 CEST 2019:INFO:{"MC_UUID":"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000","phone_number":"31657100013"}

     

    Mon Sep 09 18:14:46 CEST 2019:INFO:

     

    So 1st time the request passed with correct body, 2nd time the same POST is delivered with empty body.

    I need always to restart the mock to make the 1st test working.

    Very strange behaviour.

    Thanks in advance for any hints & advices.

    Jozef