working with parameters

[teak]

Hi, I am pretty new to SoapUI. 

I have a parameter that I would like to add 1 to after a test step. 

How would I accomplish this?

How to I do maniplate parameters in SoapUI? 

e.g I would like to add 1 [upcount] to a parameter ${#ratings_down}.

if I use: 

${#ratings_down}+1

it returns "+1" like the parameter was a string. 

I would expect "1".

Thanks

[rupert_anderson · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Project, TestSuite & TestCase properties are actually of type String, but you can still increment them in a variety of ways e.g. by parsing the property value into a int type in a Groovy TestStep:

def ratingsDown = Integer.parseInt(context.expand('${#TestCase#ratings_down}'))
log.info ratingsDown+1

(if ratings_down was 2, this would log 3 - note without the Integer.parseInt(...), this would output 21)

(assumes the propety ratings_down is against a TestCase object, hence the #TestCase# before the property)

To add on insert into a request:

${=${#TestCase#ratings_down}+1}

(if ratings_down was 2, this would insert 3)

Note this wouldn't increment the actual property value, you could do this in a Groovy TestStep e.g.

def ratingsDown = Integer.parseInt(context.expand('${#TestCase#ratings_down}'))

ratingsDown = ratingsDown+1
log.info ratingsDown

testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("ratings_down", String.valueOf(ratingsDown))

Running this would increment the value of property ratings_down againsts the TestCase.

Yet another option, which may be better is to set a property against the TestCase context map, these can be objects e.g. in a Groovy script you could do something like:

context.ratings_down=0
log.info context.ratings_down  // prints 0
context.ratings_down=context.ratings_down+1
log.info context.ratings_down // prints 1

Context variables can then be used in requests etc without any prefix notation e.g. ${ratings_down}

There are many ways, does this help?

Cheers,

Rupert

[teak]

Thank you very much Rupert, It sure does help. 

I tried out the 3rd option. 

I got the parameter from testcase and converted it to an int: 

def testCaseProperty = testRunner.testCase.getPropertyValue( "ratings_down" )
context.ratings_down = Integer.parseInt(testCaseProperty)

Then I could do calculations on it: 

context.ratings_down = context.ratings_down + 1

and use it for assertions later. 

Thanks again, 

teak

[rupert_anderson]

Hi Teak,

Nice one - thanks for sharing the solution back so that others can see it.

If you're happy to, please can you also mark it as solved?

Cheers,

Rup