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Gkm
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8 years ago
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Soapui Script Assertion, when Json response return as string

 

My Json response(which return as string),

 

"[{\"sysSerial\":5,\"policyName\":\"hold\",\"uploadPolicyTypes\":[{\"sysSerial\":36,\"uploadPolicyId\":5,\"type\":null,\"isUploadMetaData\":true}]}]"

 

 

My Script Assertion,

 

But I'm getting an error "A JSON payload should start with an openning curly brace '{' or an openning square bracket '['.
Instead, '"[{"sysSerial":5,"policyName":"hold"...' was found on line: 1, column: 1"

 

How to fix this script, I just want to assert that my response should not be empty and sysSerial is equal to 5.

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    Gkm
    8 years ago

    So I have fixed my own problem by simple regular expressions , Thank you nmrao  once again for giving me an idea.

    Here is the code,

     

    //imports
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

//grab the response
def ResponseMessage = messageExchange.response.responseContent

// replace "(starting&ending), [](starting&ending) and \ with space from response
def TrimResponse =ResponseMessage.replaceAll('^\"|\"$','').replaceAll('^\\[|\\]$','')replaceAll('\\\\','')

//define a JsonSlurper
def jsonSlurper = new JsonSlurper().parseText(TrimResponse)

//verify the slurper isn't empty
assert !(jsonSlurper.isEmpty())

assert jsonSlurper.sysSerial != null
assert jsonSlurper.sysSerial == 5
assert jsonSlurper.uploadPolicyTypes[0].sysSerial == 36

    Cheers,

    Geeta

     

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    nmrao
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    8 years ago
    Gkm,
    If the error message is noticed, it explains the reason. i.e., what you are receiving is not a valid json, hence the that error.

    I would suggest you to contact the service provider (if external) or your team (if internal). A potential application defect.