How to trim a portion of a response in URL format and add result to Properties test step?

[socaltester]

I need to trim a portion of an href pulled from a test response that has been stored into a Properties test step.

Example Response: https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone=MGF

In this specific example, I need to remove '?zone=MGF' and store the result into a Properties test step.

I've tried the following Groovy script without success:

import com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils;
def str = ( '${Properties#@href}' )
//str = 'https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone=MGF'
//Get the URL
def trimmedURL =  str.substring(str.lastIndexOf('?')+1, str.size())
//Save it at test case level custom property for later use
context.testCase.setPropertyValue('trimmedURL', trimmedURL)

FYI. I'm new to Groovy.

I've checked out the following post as well. https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Open-Source/Extract-substring-from-response-body/td-p/4006...

[socaltester]

I solved it, but is there a better way?

import com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils;
def string = 'https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone=MGF'
def sub = string.substring(string.indexOf("h")-0, string.length())
log.info("before trim: " + sub)
log.info("after trim: " + sub .replace("?zone=MGF",""))

[richie · Accepted solution]

Hey @socaltester 

I'm not a coder to say what's better, but I've used 2 alternatives when trying to do this sort of thing - some sort of count function before now and I've used split() too.

Split option

//Split method example
//where URL property is https://whatevs.azurewebsites.net/?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1Qi

def fullURL = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Properties").getPropertyValue("URL")
def extractedValue = fullURL.split('=')[1] 
//if [0] is used it grabs the value in the string BEFORE the ? if [1] is used it grabs the value after the ?

log.info(extractedValue)

Count thingy option

//Count thingy I found
//where URL property is https://whatevs.azurewebsites.net/?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1Q

def fullURL = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Properties").getPropertyValue("URL")
def extractedValue = fullURL[56..-22] 
log.info(extractedValue)
//the left hand numeric is the last numbered digit you want to grab.
//the right hand numeric is the first numbered digit you want to grab
//counting starts from right hand side - so if you want to grab the full URL 
//upto the ?, the array values would be [56..-22] - this should grab 
//'https://whatevs.azurewebsites.net/' from the URL property value

The count option is what I used when I was just getting into playing with strings - it works fine - but only if the length of the value isn't going to change over time - if it does - then the string extracted will be incorrect - so the split option is definitely better for this reason.

How the split option compares with what you've specified I couldn't say - the coders on this thing will have opinions (and most likely - better ways of doing it) - but I don't! 🙂

Cheers,

rich

[nmrao]

log.info 'https://FQDN/otm-console/controllers/ZoneConfig/Wizard/Step1?zone=MGF'.split('\\?').first()

[Wamboo]

Hello!

In this case I would use a regular expression that would help you find a certain part of the string (from your post an example)

I write in JS but below I send an example of a regular expression that finds a piece of your string:

\?(.*)

Go to the website:

https://regex101.com/

and test the solution and then use it for example:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48964279/slice-a-string-by-regex

[socaltester]

@richie Thank you. I used the Split option and it works well once I replaced .split('=') with .split('\\?')

[socaltester]

@nmrao Thank you for the response. I used Richie's Split example which provided info on grabbing the PropertyValue from the "Properties" step and replaced his .split('=') portion with your .split('\\?') example. Both [0] and .first() works. If I had used [1] the result would be the value post ? , so what would be the equivalent for .first()?  .last()?