change child resource path without changing Parent?

[kelvinn]

Hi. I want to change the path of a child resource, without changing its parent. I've tried editing the path in 'Resource Viewer' but it was changing the parent' path also. Scenario:

I have a REST Project with 1 endpoint. The resource has multiple methods Add, Get & Put. The paths of the resources are given below:

Now, my requirement is that the multiple GET requests have a diffrent resoruce. But it needs to be diffrent for each request. Whenever I change the resource it changes for all the requests. I've also tried to use parameters, but didn't seem to get that working. Any suggestions? 

[richie · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I don't know if this helps - but I had a possibly 'similar' problem earlier in the week - we have different problems - but I think my workaround would solve your problem.

I had a single REST Service (https://nightmare.blob.core.windows.net)

I had 2 resources (same path of '/permissionupdates/{filename}') created, both with PUT methods but with different URI parameters (there were 14x URI, Template & Header parameters on each, the 2nd method had slightly different URI parms to the 1st method's parms.

When I tried creating the 2 step requests in TestCase in the SoapUI tab - the parameters on the 2nd request were actually the parameters from the first request - I was pulling my hair out - I can't edit the parameter types of names - only the values in the SoapUI tab.  

If I tried creating the 2nd PUT as a child of the existing REST service or a child of the existing resource - the same dodgy parameter behaviour occurred.

I understand this is different to your scenario - but I think the workaround I did, would resolve your problem.

The ONLY way around this I found was to actually create a New REST Service for each method/request - I understand that's not desirable - but this was the only way around this that I found.  That I would suggest is a way around your problem.

So - you have 6 requests spread across 3 methods (GET, PUT and POST) - if you create a new service for each request that I think would allow you to specify different resources for your 6 requests.

Cheers,

richie