[Res]duplicate properties in REST request

[sbeauvais]

Hello,

How to I configure a REST method/request to have duplicate properties, e.g.,

GET /dev/api/calendar/locations?locationIds=96&locationIds=33&startDate=01-Feb-2014&endDate=28-Feb-2014

As you can see, property "locationIds" is included twice.

If the REST method/request cannot be configured to support this, can I build the GET command programmatically? I have tried to 'cheat' by setting the value of locationIds to "96&locationIds=33" but the ampersand and the equals symbols are replaced by their code (even though I tried to entitize them).

So, is this possible to do, and if so, how?


Sincerely,
Séverin B.

[sbeauvais]

I found out that I'm trying to pass an array of values.

Found this in a new search: viewtopic.php?t=6882

[SmartBear_Suppo]

Hello,

Did the above link work for you, or are you still having issue?

Regards,
Temil

[sbeauvais]

Hello,

The linked post refers to "a property for setting this", but I cannot see the nightly build changelog.

Can you please expand upon the various options for setting and controlling multiple values for a parameter?

Can I assign multiple values to a parameter using a properties transfer or Groovy script, and if so, how?

(Or please point me to any existing documentation / web page on this topic... I searched but found nothing.)


Thx.
Severin B.

[SmartBear_Suppo]

Hi,

You can add multiple parameters with same name.
You can specify the parameter with a | character.
so locationid[] para1|para2|para3

Thanks,
Jeshtha

[sbeauvais]

Hi Jeshtha,

Thanks for your reply.

Can you tell me where I specify the multiple parameter? Do you have a screenshot?

I created a DataGen that returns "96|44|4" but the request looks incorrect (and fails):

DEBUG:>> "GET /dev/api/calendar/locations?LocationId=96%7C44%7C4&StartDate=01-JAN-2014&EndDate=31-AUG-2014 HTTP/1.1[\r][\n]"

Cheers,
Severin B.

[SmartBear_Suppo]

Hi,

You need to disable encoding for that parameter,
For custom encoding handling when setting a parameter value (the “Disable Encoding” setting)

http://www.soapui.org/REST-Testing/rest-resources-and-methods.html#1-adding-rest-services-resources-...

Check the attached image.

Thanks,
Jeshtha

[sbeauvais]

Thanks again Jeshtha.

What else do I need to do for the parameters to be correctly processed and sent?

I get this:

java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in query at index 66: https://XXX.com/dev/api/calendar/locations?LocationIds=23|33|44&StartDate=01-JAN-2014&EndDate=31-AUG-2014

I would like to get this:

GET /dev/api/calendar/locations?locationIds=23&locationIds=33&locationIds=44&startDate=01-JAN-2014&endDate=31-AUG-2014

Severin B.

[sbeauvais]

That's actually the Resource Definition, so all methods and requests below it are affected.

I worked around this by creating a new child resource for this.

The request now looks like this:

Mon Feb 24 14:07:39 PST 2014:DEBUG:Sending request: GET /dev?StartDate=01-Jan-2014&EndDate=31-Jan-2014/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/client/ HTTP/1.1

Is this a bug in SoapUI Pro 4.6.4? If not, what am I doing wrong?

SB

[sbeauvais]

Here's a brand new project that displays the issue I'm referring to. (Endpoint/username/password are changed for security purposes.)

SB