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AndyHughes
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7 years ago
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How do I extract the new resource created via a REST POST for use in a subsequent request?

The API I'm testing is RESTful so I can create a resource such as an account number by sending a POST to AndysAPI/newaccount The code there generates an account number for me based on the details I'...
  • groovyguy's avatar
    groovyguy
    7 years ago

    I have a few snippets that you might be able to use for parsing out the data you want.  I'm going to have to fudge some of it since I do not know what your raw request looks like.

     

    testStep = context.testCase.testSteps["Test Step Name"];
    
    String request = new String(testStep.testRequest.response.rawResponseData);

    // Set up a split-by-newline array for parsing line by line
    String [] splitData = request.split("\n");

    for (String eachSplit : splitData)
    {
    if (eachSplit.contains("AndysAPI/newaccount")
    {
    // Building this off of the example "AndysAPI/newaccount/1234"
    // This creates an array with from the string, using "/" as the delimiter
    def accountNumber = eachSplit.tokenize("/")[2];
    log.info(accountNumber);
    }
    }

     

    That should be enough to get you started.