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richie
Community Hero
6 years ago
Status:
New Idea

Ability to parameterize REST API Parameter Names

Currently it is easy using the OTB to parameterize a REST APIs template/query/matrix/header parameter values to dynamically build a URI.

However there is no OTB functionality that allows the user to parameterize the parameter values themselves.

Im currently working on a project where the REST APIs query parameter names are actually database table column names. Any table attribute in the database is queryable so it would help a lot if there was OTB functionality to enable this.

Cheers
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    richie
    Community Hero
    6 years ago

    AAB 

     

    OTB = Out The Box - I mean native or embedded functionality available within the ReadyAPI! application itself rather than having to extend the functionality with groovy.

     

    Hope this has made it clear!

     

    Cheers,

     

    Rich

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    richie
    Community Hero
    6 years ago

    Hey Marramreddy nmrao 

     

     

    Marramreddy -no, no - what you said is exactly what I'm talking about!  I hadn't even considered having a repeating loop test case because my assertions differ based on the QueryParm values in the URI's query string - so yeah - good extrapolation of my original request!

     

    Cheers,

     

    richie

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    Marramreddy
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago

    This will be a great feature.

     

    This to pass the parameter values at test set level. This way we don't have to hard code the values in test cases for ReadyAPI tests.

     

    EX: I have a test case where I should run the same test case for 50 states in USA.

     

    Now, in QA Complete I have to create 50 test cases in TEST LIBRARY one for each state passing State code as parameter for each test case in automation tab.

    If I get new feature where I can pass State code as Parameter to each test case which eventually passed to ReadyAPI then I can create only one test case in TEST LIBRARY and get 50 copies of the same test case in to TEST SET and pass state code as parameter.

     

    I can achive this by data driven approch but i prefer QA complete to drive this :)

     

    richie  If you think what said is not relavent to what is asked. Please let me know so that I can create a new request. thanks

     

     

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    nmrao
    Champion Level 3
    6 years ago

    Very much valid case.

     

    But how are we going to change the query parameter name dynamically during the execution if multiple steps in the test case? Again using a script?