Hi Team,Can we test GraphQL request responses in SOAPUI ?
Graphql Requests contain query string and response is in JSON. Any options available to test this in Soap UI ?
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udaysqa9, thank you for clarifying.
Yes, you can use SoapUI tool for your testing. It also allows users to automate the functional tests.
Yes, you can use SoapUI tool for your testing. It also allows users to automate the functional tests.
Hi Bro,
I am using SoapUI tool for testing soap and rest services from past 2 years.
My question is will SoapUi support the testing of GraphQL API in a similar way how we tested soap and rest ?
And if yes can you help me with it ?
- What application does not matter. The application which you mentioned seems to support REST and you know soapui supports it.
If you have any specific issue please feel free to post the issue details the forum. There are many community members who are willing to help the needy people.GraphQL is not the same as REST, it is an alternative protocol, also based on HTTP. https://graphql.org explains it well. TL;DR: It's an HTTP POST of JSON, with a JSON response. Rather than being defined by swagger (or RAML) the way REST is, GraphQL's schema definition and validation are built into the GraphQL spec. Theoretically any HTTP testing tool that can do POST and accept a JSON response could be used to test GraphQL, but of course having the tools understand what they are doing would be more productive (e.g. a query builder is much faster and more accurate than hand coding queries, data driven testing beats manually coding each test call, etc.). And by that standard, there's no sign that SoapUI supports GraphQL at all.
That being said, given how easy it is to wrote GraphQL queries (e.g. with Apollo) and use an open source JavaScript testing library, SoapUI might be overkill.Hi, I am trying to find out how I can send a GraphQL request using SoapUI. I am able to do it in Postman but when I try it in SoapUI I get {"errors":[{"message":"Must provide query string."}]}. I have added the Content-Type header as application/graphql. I want to use SoapUI because Postman doesn't seem to support creating more automated test scripts with property transfers and assertions the way SoapUI does.
I am just wondering why you think using SoapUI would be overkill? You may well be right but just wondering why you think this. Where would you use the Open Source Javascript library you mention if you are a tester wanting to test this externally?
Thanks.
