Trying to use RequestFilter.filterRequest event to convert CDATA SOAP Response to XML. Not working

[sharmameera]

I have a SOAP request which returns the complete response in CDATA. I am trying to convert it to XML using the RequestFilter.filterRequest event handler. But it is not working. The response is still coming back as CDATA. I am using the following help document (which is no help at all obviously)...

http://readyapi.smartbear.com/readyapi/events/handlers

My code:

def content = context.httpResponse.responseContent
content = content.replaceAll("<![CDATA[<QuoteObject>", "")
content = content.replaceAll( "]]>", "")

log.info( content )

context.httpResponse.responseContent = content

Please help.

[nmrao]

RequestFilter itself conveys that it is applied for request not for response.

[sharmameera]

Hi,

That does not help in any way.

Thanks.

[nmrao]

Well, you are applying wrong one.
Why do not you show the raw response? And what you want out of it?

[sharmameera]

So, here is part of my request and response in the CData format ...

I would like the response to be displayed in the xml format.

If not possible, is there an easy way to write assertions for the data returning in the CData format?

I couldn't find anything except 'Contains' assertion. I would like to use XPath.

Request:

<soapenv:Body>
<web:CalculateQuote>
<!--Optional:-->
<web:QuoteXML><![CDATA[<QuoteObject>
<Insured>
<Quote>
<EffectiveDate>08/10/2011</EffectiveDate>
<OriginalEffectiveDate>08/10/2011</OriginalEffectiveDate>

Response:

<CalculateQuoteResult><![CDATA[<QuoteObject><Insured UnitNumber=""><Quote UnitNumber=""><EffectiveDate>08/10/2011</EffectiveDate>

Thanks.

[nmrao]

As per below link, you can't directly apply xpath on the data that is inside cdata.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19745210/what-xpath-to-select-cdata-content-when-some-childs-exis...

So first extract value that is in cdata, then use xmlslurper to parse that data and apply xpath on it.

[sharmameera]

Thanks! I will try that out.

[sharmameera]

Thanks for the information Rao.

The script was really simple, and works fine!

def rootNode = new XmlSlurper().parseText('My CData Text')

assert rootNode.name() == 'The Root node in my CData'

assert rootNode.State.text() == AZ (State being one of the nodes in the CData).

Thanks!