ReadyAPI is not reading a json file

[abirHajali]

I have a post request in which i attach two files, the first one must be a json file.

Using postman, the api works fine but using soap ui it seems like it's not reading the right format.

How is it possible ?

[richie]

Hey @abirHajali,

I have this a lot where the request works fine in postman, but doesnt in readyapi! or soapui. You gotta remember postman doesnt include all the functionality that soapui and readyapi! include to allow the user to tailor their requests....thats why i think this occurs so much.

What i do in this situation is i use Fiddler to proxy the requests. Fiddler is a tool that extracts all the RAW content from any tool that uses it as a proxy and allows you to compare the difference between what soapui sends and what postman sends. This then allows you to make the appropriate changes in soapui to get it to work.

Ta

Rich

[ZDGN]

Hi @abirHajali,

Did you fill the "Attachments" part of your POST request ?

Be aware that SoapUI will automatically fill in the "Content type" field, and it should be changed for a json file.
You can also have a look at the documentation page:
https://www.soapui.org/docs/soap-and-wsdl/attachments/ 

David.

[abirHajali]

Hello @ZDGN ,

This is exactly what i did.

Still having the same error.

Thanks for your help ! 

[abirHajali]

Update :

Hello @richie ,

Thanks for the recommandatipn. Fiddler is a great tool.

But still couldn't find the right solution, can you tell the diffrence please :

ReadyAPI request (we upgraded)

POST ****** HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="----=_Part_0_1896884270.1608028565346"
MIME-Version: 1.0
vaapiuser: ***
Content-Length: 96806
Host: ***
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.2 (Java/15)

------=_Part
Content-Type: application/json; name=***.json
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="***.json"; filename="***.json"

{"documents":
[
{***
]
}
------=_Part
Content-Type: application/pdf; name=test.pdf
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="test.pdf"; filename="test.pdf"

%PDF-1.3
................................................................

Response

{"status":"ERROR","message":"\"Error in document #1 - [DM_SYSOBJECT_E_NO_CONTENT_TYPE]error: \\\"No content type specified for DA sysobject.\\\"\"","documentIds":null}

Postman Request

POST **** HTTP/1.1
vaapiuser: *****
User-Agent: PostmanRuntime/7.26.8
Accept: */*
Postman-Token: 6a419ee7-dfca-4543-834e-cdc23e6ca78c
Host: ***
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--------------------------264662573644671205416351
Content-Length: 96673

----------------------------
Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""; filename="***.json"
Content-Type: application/json

{"documents":
[
***]
}
----------------------------
Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""; filename="test.pdf"
Content-Type: application/pdf

%PDF-1.3
......................................................................

Response

{"status":"OK","message":"Document(s) have been tasklisted in ***.","documentIds":["***"]}

Thanks for your help !

[Khouloud · Accepted solution]

Hello @abirHajali,

Your Content-type in both parts are not well sended

Instead of Content-Type: application/json; name=***.json you should send Content-Type: application/json;

My advice is to modify your request and correct Content-type, the way to do it is to use Event handlers (Filtering requests)

Use: RequestFilter.filterRequest to modify request before sending, this script aim to retreive and enter the correct Content-type

def bodyPartAttach = context.getProperty("httpMethod").requestEntity.message.content.getBodyPart(0) // get a part by number, it starts with 0
bodyPartAttach.removeHeader("Content-Type")
bodyPartAttach.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")

Do the same with the second part (index = 1)

[richie]

Sorry. Post submitted in error

Rich

[Digitalneo]

Having just ran into this scenario, this is what we did based on the solution provided here:

Note: assumes first attachment is the JSON and the Test Step Name is "Post - Documents"

def currentStep = context.getCurrentStep().name

if (currentStep == "Post - Documents") {

	def bodyPartAttach = context.getProperty("httpMethod").requestEntity.message.content.getBodyPart(0) // get a part by number, it starts with 0
	bodyPartAttach.removeHeader("Content-Type")
	bodyPartAttach.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
}