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teak's avatar
teak
Contributor
10 years ago

working with parameters

Hi, I am pretty new to SoapUI. 

I have a parameter that I would like to add 1 to after a test step. 

How would I accomplish this?

How to I do maniplate parameters in SoapUI? 

 

e.g I would like to add 1 [upcount] to a parameter ${#ratings_down}.

if I use: 

${#ratings_down}+1

it returns "+1" like the parameter was a string. 

I would expect "1".

 

 

Thanks

  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    10 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Project, TestSuite & TestCase properties are actually of type String, but you can still increment them in a variety of ways e.g. by parsing the property value into a int type in a Groovy TestStep:

     

    def ratingsDown = Integer.parseInt(context.expand('${#TestCase#ratings_down}'))
    log.info ratingsDown+1

     

    (if ratings_down was 2, this would log 3 - note without the Integer.parseInt(...), this would output 21)

     

    (assumes the propety ratings_down is against a TestCase object, hence the #TestCase# before the property)

     

    To add on insert into a request:

     

    ${=${#TestCase#ratings_down}+1}

     

    (if ratings_down was 2, this would insert 3)

     

    Note this wouldn't increment the actual property value, you could do this in a Groovy TestStep e.g.

     

    def ratingsDown = Integer.parseInt(context.expand('${#TestCase#ratings_down}'))

    ratingsDown = ratingsDown+1
    log.info ratingsDown

    testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("ratings_down", String.valueOf(ratingsDown))

     

    Running this would increment the value of property ratings_down againsts the TestCase.

     

    Yet another option, which may be better is to set a property against the TestCase context map, these can be objects e.g. in a Groovy script you could do something like:

     

    context.ratings_down=0
    log.info context.ratings_down  // prints 0
    context.ratings_down=context.ratings_down+1
    log.info context.ratings_down // prints 1

     

    Context variables can then be used in requests etc without any prefix notation e.g. ${ratings_down}

     

    There are many ways, does this help?

     

    Cheers,

    Rupert

     

  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    Valued Contributor
    10 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Project, TestSuite & TestCase properties are actually of type String, but you can still increment them in a variety of ways e.g. by parsing the property value into a int type in a Groovy TestStep:

     

    def ratingsDown = Integer.parseInt(context.expand('${#TestCase#ratings_down}'))
    log.info ratingsDown+1

     

    (if ratings_down was 2, this would log 3 - note without the Integer.parseInt(...), this would output 21)

     

    (assumes the propety ratings_down is against a TestCase object, hence the #TestCase# before the property)

     

    To add on insert into a request:

     

    ${=${#TestCase#ratings_down}+1}

     

    (if ratings_down was 2, this would insert 3)

     

    Note this wouldn't increment the actual property value, you could do this in a Groovy TestStep e.g.

     

    def ratingsDown = Integer.parseInt(context.expand('${#TestCase#ratings_down}'))

    ratingsDown = ratingsDown+1
    log.info ratingsDown

    testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("ratings_down", String.valueOf(ratingsDown))

     

    Running this would increment the value of property ratings_down againsts the TestCase.

     

    Yet another option, which may be better is to set a property against the TestCase context map, these can be objects e.g. in a Groovy script you could do something like:

     

    context.ratings_down=0
    log.info context.ratings_down  // prints 0
    context.ratings_down=context.ratings_down+1
    log.info context.ratings_down // prints 1

     

    Context variables can then be used in requests etc without any prefix notation e.g. ${ratings_down}

     

    There are many ways, does this help?

     

    Cheers,

    Rupert

     

    • teak's avatar
      teak
      Contributor
      10 years ago

      Thank you very much Rupert, It sure does help. 

      I tried out the 3rd option. 

      I got the parameter from testcase and converted it to an int: 

       

      def testCaseProperty = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue( "ratings_down" )
context.ratings_down = Integer.parseInt(testCaseProperty)

      Then I could do calculations on it: 

       

      context.ratings_down = context.ratings_down + 1

      and use it for assertions later. 

      Thanks again, 

      teak

       

       

      • rupert_anderson's avatar
        rupert_anderson
        Valued Contributor
        10 years ago

        Hi Teak,

         

        Nice one - thanks for sharing the solution back so that others can see it.

         

        If you're happy to, please can you also mark it as solved?

         

        Cheers,

        Rup