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Knowledge's avatar
Knowledge
Contributor
9 years ago

Validation of an asynchronous request to mockservice

Hi,   I'm running the following configuration, and i would appreciate any help / ideas on how to do it correctly.   1. I'm sending a soap request from soapUI to my server. This request contains a...
  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    9 years ago

    Hi, 

     

    Are you still working on this?

     

    It sounded like you have something like this:

     

    SoapUI TestStep -> Your service

    Your Service -> Mock (where you want to validate the payload)

     

    Is it that you want to validate the callback inside the mock? If so, rather than using a mock, had you considered a SOAP Mock Request TestStep? (these can use assertions)

     

    Regards,

    Rupert

  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    9 years ago

    Ok, hopefully we can work through it.

     

    So, to configure it you need to supply a port and context to listen on. Then when the TestCase runs, the mock response test step will start to listen on localhost+port+path specified and wait until it receives the callback request. You set the path & port to match the call back url that is passed to your service in the original request. When a the mock response test step receives a request it will despatch a response (as specified in the mock response test steps editor on the right) - i dont think there's a way to prevent this response.

     

    Does that make more sense?

     

    Regards,

    Rup

rupert_anderson's avatar
rupert_anderson
Valued Contributor

Hi, 

 

Are you still working on this?

 

It sounded like you have something like this:

 

SoapUI TestStep -> Your service

Your Service -> Mock (where you want to validate the payload)

 

Is it that you want to validate the callback inside the mock? If so, rather than using a mock, had you considered a SOAP Mock Request TestStep? (these can use assertions)

 

Regards,

Rupert

Knowledge's avatar
Knowledge
Contributor
9 years ago

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I'm still working on this.

 

What is a SOAP Mock Request TestStep and how do i do it?

 

Basically the flow you wrote is correct, but I need assertions so i wanted to know if there is a way to validate the request the mock received in the SoapUI TestStep assertion. 

If you can please explain how to do the mock test step I can check if it's what i need.

 

 

Thanks a lot in advance.

  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    Valued Contributor
    9 years ago

    Ok, no problem.

     

    First of maybe take a look at https://www.soapui.org/soap-and-wsdl/testing-asynchronous-services.html

     

    Whilst they seem to refer to it as MockResponse TestStep, to add it do Add Step > SOAP Mock Response

     

    When placed in a TestCase, it basically halts the execution until the Call Back request is received - they support Assertions to check requests received.

     

    Do you think this will work for you?

     

    Regards,

    Rupert

    • Knowledge's avatar
      Knowledge
      Contributor
      9 years ago

      OK, I tried and it didn't really work, but I'm not sure I did it correct.

       

      I'm not sure I understood how to configure it, but 1st i want to understand how it works.

       

      I have a test with my request, then i added a step to this test called SOAP Mock Response. 

      What will this do? I don't want the response to be returned by the test step.

      I want my service, which the one I'm sending the request to(in the 1st step of my test), will send the message to the soap ui mock service(which is a different soapUI project).

       

      How do I configure that in the step called SOAP Mock Response? Is that even possible?

       

      I hope you understood. If not, let me know and I'll try to clarify it.

       

      Thanks a lot for you help, I'm stuck with this for a few days...

       

       

       

      • rupert_anderson's avatar
        rupert_anderson
        Valued Contributor
        9 years ago

        Ok, hopefully we can work through it.

         

        So, to configure it you need to supply a port and context to listen on. Then when the TestCase runs, the mock response test step will start to listen on localhost+port+path specified and wait until it receives the callback request. You set the path & port to match the call back url that is passed to your service in the original request. When a the mock response test step receives a request it will despatch a response (as specified in the mock response test steps editor on the right) - i dont think there's a way to prevent this response.

         

        Does that make more sense?

         

        Regards,

        Rup