Is there an easy way to access parts of an API response in a groovy script?

[rajs2020]

This is a follow up to my old question - https://community.smartbear.com/t5/API-Functional-Security-Testing/ReadyAPI-How-to-access-the-entire.... In a groovy script, I would like to be able to access the entire response of an API. For example, like this:

def response = context.expand('Something')
def content_type = response.headers(''content-type")
def name = response.body(jsonPath : students[5th].name)

Is there an easy way to break up a response object into parts like http code, headers, body etc and then extract values from each of these parts? I prefer not to use long and ugly xml like Test#ResponseAsXml/Some long ugly path.

[nmrao · Accepted solution]

Have a look at the script, hope it helps. follow the comments in the script.

https://github.com/nmrao/soapUIGroovyScripts/blob/master/groovy/AccessResponseData.groovy

[aaronpliu]

Hi @rajs2020 ,

response status:

def teststep = testRunner.testCase.testSteps['Your Test Step']
def responseStatus = teststep.testRequest.response.responseHeaders["#status#"]

response header:

def responseHeader = teststep.testRequest.response.responseHeaders

response body:

def responseBody = teststep.testRequest.response.contentAsString

Thanks,

/Aaron

[rajs2020]

@aaronpliu - Thanks for your reply. Some questions.

def teststep = testRunner.testCase.testSteps['Your Test Step']
def responseStatus = teststep.testRequest.response.responseHeaders["#status#"]

1) Could you please point me to the official documentation on these classes and functions like testRunner etc.?
2) Is there a table of keywords to use for other headers besides "#status#"? 
3) Like the headers, can I easily access body also, maybe like this -

teststep.testRequest.response.body(Json path query to get a field)

[nmrao]

Did you get chance to look at all the replies? or you only do selective replies?

[aaronpliu]

Hi @rajs2020 

Answer your questions:

A1: Go to smartbear official online document to look for API docs of ReadyAPI (SoapUI)

A2: responseHeaders return a map object, you can output this object and to see which info would be access

A3: Since you already get response object, can directly get response body (e.g. 

def responseBody = teststep.testRequest.response.contentAsString

if you get response body, then using JsonSluper (if it is json response) to parse it, you can retrieve any node / value under json object.

For example:

json data: {“a": {"b": [{"c": 1, "d": 2}]}}

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText(responseBody)
// output b
log.info json.a.b

// output value of b

for (def x in json.a.b) {
    log.info x
}

Thanks,

/Aaron

[rajs2020]

@nmrao - Thanks, I saw your solution also now. It works, but I have some questions.

1 - Why do you use closures here instead of regular functions?
2 - How do we reuse the code in other suites also instead of repeating the code?

PS - I modified your solution as follows.

/*
Sample response:
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
{"healthy": true}
*/


//The test step which calls the API.
def stepName = 'CallApi'

assert getHeader(stepName, 'Content-Type') == 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
assert getJson(stepName).healthy == true


//Utility functions:
def getStepResponse(stepName){
	context.testCase.testSteps[stepName].httpRequest.response
}

def getJson(stepName){
	new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(getStepResponse(stepName).responseContent)
}

def getHeader(stepName, header){
	getStepResponse(stepName).responseHeaders[header].first()
}

[nmrao]

Appreciate to mark as solved if the provided solution works.

1. Refer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21905550/groovy-closures-vs-methods-the-difference

2. Use Script Library for reusing. Refer:
https://www.soapui.org/docs/scripting-and-properties/scripting-and-the-script-library/

[rajs2020]

@nmrao - Thanks. I was not asking about closures vs functions in general. I was asking why you used closures in your code. If there are reasons for it, then I can do the same in my code.

PS -
As an aside, here is the ReadyAPI docs for Groovy Script Library https://support.smartbear.com/readyapi/docs/testing/scripts/libs/groovy-lib.html