Assertion for raw response

[rvteja1990]

I have been trying to create an assertion for raw response. I got a requirement in which whenever i see a response with Invalid URI in headers, it should fail. This is how it is displayed in response "HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI - /xyz/abc/123". 

In the above header whenever i see "Invalid URI" assertion should fail.

When i checked forums i found a script assertion, with which i have modified it like this. However its failing since the URI part is not mentioned in expectedHTTPResponse. I would like to make it generic, such a way that whatever may be the URI, whenever i encounter Invalid URI it should fail the assertion.

Below is the piece of code:

def expectedHTTPResponse = ['HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI']
def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
assert expectedHTTPResponse == actualHTTPResponse, "Invalid URI" 

Can anyone help me with this? Any other possible solutions to achieve this?

[nmrao]

Please post raw response. Do you want to check if the status code is 500, then fail?

[rvteja1990]

This is the raw response i'm getting:

HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI - /xyz/abc/123"

Content-Type: text/xml

X-Backside-Transport: FAIL FAIL

Connection: close

I want to check whether the raw response has "Invalid URI". If it has Invalid URI in response assertion should fail.

Thank you.

[AntonE · Accepted solution]

You can use startsWith method to check that a string has a required beginning:

def expectedHTTPResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI'
def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
assert actualHTTPResponse.size() == 1 && actualHTTPResponse[0].startsWith(expectedHTTPResponse), "Invalid URI" 

Note that I removed square brackets in expectedHTTPResponse as we compare just one element now.

[rvteja1990]

Thanks for your response. I really appreciate your help Anton. Your piece of code works as expected. 

I need a small change in this,

Is there any way that we can fail this assertion when it matches with expected HTTP Response (InvalidURI)?

I mean, since its matching with expected HTTPResponse, assertion is valid and its displaying as 'Green'. I would like to see 'Red' color whenever InvalidURI encounters in response. For the rest of all the other responses it should show as 'Green'

[AntonE · Accepted solution]

For Groovy assertion to fail its asserted value should be false, so I guess you can just invert the condition:

assert !(actualHTTPResponse.size() == 1 && actualHTTPResponse[0].startsWith(expectedHTTPResponse)), "Invalid URI"

Also, you may want to look at Invalid HTTP Status Code assertion instead. It won't check the string, but if code 500 is a sure sign that the test failed, it will work. You should enter one or more wrong HTTP codes there.

[rvteja1990]

Thanks again. Its working as expected. Yes i have already looked into invalid HTTP status code but here i would like to check  for string irrespective of HTTP codes. Hope your code will work in all the scenarios. Thank you.

[nmrao · Accepted solution]

Not sure why it is closed though your issue is not solved.

Here is the change needed:

def unExpectedHTTPResponse = 'HTTP/1.1 500 Invalid URI'
def headers = messageExchange.response.responseHeaders
def actualHTTPResponse = headers['#status#']
assert !(actualHTTPResponse[0].contains(unExpectedHTTPResponse)), "Found Invalid URI in the response"

[rvteja1990]

Thank you so much Rao. Your piece of code is working as expected. It seems both scripts are working as expected.I have a question, what is different from your piece of code and Anton code.