I have a case where I need to call a REST service that uses parameters such as: http://host/wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[X][Y]=Z where X, Y, and Z are all variables. How can I accomplish this in SoapUI?I suspect there is no out of the box solution. Could you please suggest an approach to modify the parameter name of a REST call, even using Groovy, to accomplish this?Thank You.

Hi,Can X, Y, and Z be represented as a property expansion i.e http://host/wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[${variable_x}][${variable_y}]=${variable_z} or do they have to be literals X, Y, and Z?Regards,MarcusSmartBear Support

X, Y, and Z are only placeholders for the purposes of this discussion.I tried this:add a new parameter to my REST request, with parameter name: multiple[${#TestCase#variable_x}][${#TestCase#variable_y}]create two properties in my testcase: variable_x and variable_x, and set the values to "abc" and "DEF" respectivelyin the test step, set the value of the new parameter to "123" and run the testIn the Raw tab, the parameter in the URL looks like multiple%5B%24%7B%23TestCase%23variable_x%7D%5D%5B%24%7B%23TestCase%23variable_y%7D%5D=123 changing Disable URL-Encoding has no effect.

Hi,Create some properties at the test case, testsuite, or project level and try below code in event handler RequestFilter.filterRequest.Test case properties:variable_xvariable_yvariable_zlog.info request.getPath()def x = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_x}")def y = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_y}")def z = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_z}")request.setPath("wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[${x}][${y}]=${z}")log.info request.getPath()Regards,MarcusSmartBear Support

Getting closer!The log shows the correct path, however the Request Raw tab does not. On a related note: Did SOAP-677 (discussed here: viewtopic.php?t=21346) get resolved yet? This deals with event filtering, which would be really useful to get this to work fully.

Hi,The defect SOAP-677 as refereed to in the link viewtopic.php?t=21346 is fixed since version 4.6.2, what version of SoapUI Pro are you using? Using the event handler RequestFilter.filterRequest worked for me. Another event handler you could try is SubmitListener.beforeSubmit.Regards,MarcusSmartBear Support

REST call with variable name parameters

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SmartBear_Suppo
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago
Hi,

Can X, Y, and Z be represented as a property expansion i.e http://host/wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[${variable_x}][${variable_y}]=${variable_z} or do they have to be literals X, Y, and Z?

Regards,
Marcus
SmartBear Support
SiKing
Community Expert
10 years ago
X, Y, and Z are only placeholders for the purposes of this discussion.

I tried this:

add a new parameter to my REST request, with parameter name: multiple[${#TestCase#variable_x}][${#TestCase#variable_y}]

create two properties in my testcase: variable_x and variable_x, and set the values to "abc" and "DEF" respectively

in the test step, set the value of the new parameter to "123" and run the test

In the Raw tab, the parameter in the URL looks like
multiple%5B%24%7B%23TestCase%23variable_x%7D%5D%5B%24%7B%23TestCase%23variable_y%7D%5D=123
changing Disable URL-Encoding has no effect.
SmartBear_Suppo
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago
Hi,

Create some properties at the test case, testsuite, or project level and try below code in event handler RequestFilter.filterRequest.

Test case properties:
variable_x
variable_y
variable_z

log.info request.getPath()
def x = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_x}")
def y = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_y}")
def z = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_z}")

request.setPath("wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[${x}][${y}]=${z}")
log.info request.getPath()

Regards,
Marcus
SmartBear Support
SiKing
Community Expert
10 years ago
Getting closer!
The log shows the correct path, however the Request Raw tab does not.

On a related note: Did SOAP-677 (discussed here: viewtopic.php?t=21346) get resolved yet? This deals with event filtering, which would be really useful to get this to work fully.
SmartBear_Suppo
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago
Hi,

The defect SOAP-677 as refereed to in the link viewtopic.php?t=21346 is fixed since version 4.6.2, what version of SoapUI Pro are you using? Using the event handler RequestFilter.filterRequest worked for me. Another event handler you could try is SubmitListener.beforeSubmit.

Regards,
Marcus
SmartBear Support
SiKing
Community Expert
10 years ago
Tried it with SoapUI 4.6.0.
The SubmitListener.beforeSubmit does not even fire the log.info statements, because:
ERROR:groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: request for class: Script1

Also tried it with SoapUI 5.1.0.
I cannot get either of the event listeners to fire even the log statements.
SiKing
Community Expert
10 years ago
I was just thinking: if we can get this to work, this could be a cleaner workaround for another one of your bugs SOAPUI-4646 "array query parameters", referenced here: viewtopic.php?t=23808
SmartBear_Suppo
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago
Hi,

For the SubmitListener.beforeSubmit event handler you need to do:

submit.request.getPath() and submit.request.setPath("wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[${x}][${y}]=${z}"). Also, I tested this using the 5.1.1 maintenance build.

Regards,
Marcus
SmartBear Support
SiKing
Community Expert
10 years ago
With the SubmitListener.beforeSubmit event, here is what I get:
script log:

INFO:wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[abc][DEF]=123
INFO:wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[abc][DEF]=123

Yes, the same thing twice!
soapUI log:

DEBUG:Sending request: POST /wapi1.php HTTP/1.1

With the RequestFilter.filterRequest event, I get:
script log:

INFO:/wapi1.php
INFO:wapi1.php?action=bet_place_bet&multi[abc][DEF]=123

soapUI log:

DEBUG:Sending request: POST /wapi1.php HTTP/1.1

Again, the Raw Request tab would confirm that the request URL is not getting updated. Something is not right?
SiKing
Community Expert
10 years ago
Finally hacked it!

These things are not the path, they are the properties! You need to use:

def x = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_x}")
def y = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_y}")
def z = context.expand("\${#TestCase#variable_z}")

def multi = submit.request.addProperty("multi[${x}][${y}]")
submit.request.setPropertyValue(multi.name, z)

Also, RequestFilter.filterRequest event runs after the request is submitted! (Could this be a bug?) So only the SubmitListener.beforeSubmit event works correctly.