Retrieving JSON object

Hi Mike,



Can you clarify why you want this in a GUI object.?



I automated some web services using the http request object .  See these threads:



http://smartbear.com/forums/f81/fp19/t65754/testing-curl-webservices



http://smartbear.com/forums/f74/t50150/How-can-i-do-a-HTTP-post-from-testcomplete



http://smartbear.com/forums/f81/fp7/t75732/TestComplete-web-service-communication





I used the eval statement so that I could parse the JSON  object.



var reply = get_xml_string_representing_JSON();



eval ("replyObject = " + reply)



Log.Message( replyObject.value1):;   etc. etc. etc.



I vastly preferred NOT using GUI objects to test this as it was much much faster.



Regards,  Curt

Hi Curt,



Thanks for the reply. Here is my situation:



The web app displays some default results. These results can be modified by the user by specifying new/different criteria. Changing the criteria spawns a JSON object that is passed to the service, which returns another JSON object containing the results. We want to automate the validation of both the JSON object that is spawned by interacting with the GUI and the results being returned.



Right now, we are updating a hidden DIV with the values because reading the browser console was not happening.

So, you currently have a workaround, correct?  Did those threads help or are you still looking for a better way?



Regards,  Curt