Where can I find more information about working with MOCK REST Services?

Question

I created a REST service from a simple WADL.

Then from this REST service I generated a MOCK REST service.

Now I would like to execute the service so I can see the response I set up in the MOCK REST service.

How do I do this? I don't see anything in the documentation on REST MOCKING that explains this.

Thanks,

Mike

nmrao · Answer

Hope the below video link might help to improve the understanding.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SMZ9bbDvE

mtarullo · Answer

Thank you Rao.&nbsp;Your video is helpful with setting up the MOCK REST service.&nbsp;Is there a way to also use SoapUI to test the service, rather than using Postman?&nbsp;Mike

mtarullo · Answer

Let me ask this another way.....&nbsp;What is the purpose of the Generate MOCK REST Service functionality available from the Popup Menu of an existing service?&nbsp;And How is it used?&nbsp;The documentation for this feature is not helpful.&nbsp;Mike

nmrao · Answer

The video was about using SoapUI only, right? In case, you need to know how to call the service (either live rest service or mock one), check below video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7WW0bDy9c

mtarullo · Answer

Thank you Rao.&nbsp;I figured out a solution to my problem.&nbsp; I'm not sure if it's the right way to do it, but it seems to work just fine.&nbsp;Anyone out there with a similar question, here is a summary of what I did:&nbsp;I had a WADL for a REST service that has not yet been implemented.&nbsp; It will be my responsibility to test it once it is implemented.&nbsp; So I wanted to start getting familiar with the interface before the service was actually ready.&nbsp; I thought the MOCK REST service feature might be just what I was looking for.&nbsp;I created a REST service from the WADL I had.&nbsp; Then I noticed the "Generate MOCK REST service" menu item.&nbsp; I used it to generate a MOCK REST service from the REST service I created from the WADL.&nbsp;But then I was having trouble executing the MOCK REST service using the REST service from the WADL as the underlying service.&nbsp; After playing with it for two days I tried something.&nbsp; First I changed the URL in the WADL for the resource in the service to my local machine name.&nbsp; Then I recreated the service from the changed WADL.&nbsp; After I used "Generate MOCK REST service" to recreate the MOCK service I changed the port number generated to match the port I used in the WADL.&nbsp; Then I created a test suite and test case in the project that contains both the service and the MOCK service.&nbsp; I added a response to the MOCK services and then added an assertion to the request test step in my test case.&nbsp; I made the assertion validate the response I wrote for the MOCK service, started up the MOCK service and ran the test case.&nbsp; It worked perfectly!&nbsp;The last thing I did was figure out how to run different test cases using the same request from the REST service I created with the WADL and using different actions I created with different resources for the MOCK service and different test cases I created in the original test suite.&nbsp; Each time I ran a test case I would simply change the resource for the REST service request to match the resource for the specific MOCK REST service response I wanted to test.&nbsp;I hope this helps anyone else that wants to do something similar.&nbsp;Mike

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