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Asubbiah
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8 years ago
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parse the json response with field name containing slash '/'

Hi,
I have to parse the json response and get the value of a field "bookName": "MyBook 001"

Here is my response:

 

{
"meta": {
"/data/library": {
"bookName": "MyBook 001",
"/book/ID": {
"readOnly": true,
"optional": false,
"hidden": true
} }
}}

 

This is my script assertion:

 

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

def ResponseMessage = messageExchange.response.responseContent
def jsonResponse = new JsonSlurper().parseText(ResponseMessage)
def bName =jsonResponse.meta.data/library.bookName
log.info bName

 

I get error as no such property library
I tried using Soapui 'get data' option. But context.expand is not working when running from maven/jenkins.

How do i parse this respnse containing data/library?

  • This is primarily a groovy question. There are actually a couple of ways you can handle this.

    The simplest change is just to quote your fields, so change your line below to this:

    def bName =jsonResponse.meta."data/library".bookName

    It looks weird, but you need quotes because / is a valid character for identifiers in groovy, but not in java.

    Here is the documentation for this feature.

    http://groovy-lang.org/syntax.html#_quoted_identifiers

     

    The documentation for the JsonSlurper class says that the parseText method returns maps and lists, so you could optionally use the native syntax for those classes like jsonResponse["/data/library"]["bookName"] but then you are using quotes anyway.

     

    Jack

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  • jmueller's avatar
    jmueller
    New Contributor

    This is primarily a groovy question. There are actually a couple of ways you can handle this.

    The simplest change is just to quote your fields, so change your line below to this:

    def bName =jsonResponse.meta."data/library".bookName

    It looks weird, but you need quotes because / is a valid character for identifiers in groovy, but not in java.

    Here is the documentation for this feature.

    http://groovy-lang.org/syntax.html#_quoted_identifiers

     

    The documentation for the JsonSlurper class says that the parseText method returns maps and lists, so you could optionally use the native syntax for those classes like jsonResponse["/data/library"]["bookName"] but then you are using quotes anyway.

     

    Jack

    • nmrao's avatar
      nmrao
      Champion Level 3

      Answered the same on stackoverflow some time ago.
      You are correct. But there is minor typo in the statement

      def bName =jsonResponse.meta."data/library".bookName

      should be
      def bName =jsonResponse.meta."/data/library".bookName

    • Asubbiah's avatar
      Asubbiah
      Contributor

      Thanks Jack!

      Appreciate your prompt response though it is a groovy question!