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AutoBear
Occasional Contributor
7 months ago

ReadyAPI update REST request body and update test cases

Hi all! I am trying to figure out if there is support in ReadyAPI to update a REST API request body and have the updated parameters being updated in all the test cases in my functional tests where tha...
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AutoBear
Occasional Contributor
7 months ago

Hi ChrisAdams, thank you for the reply! I know it is possible to refactor REST APIs, however in my case I am not updating the actual contract structure of my REST APIs, I am updating the data in the requests. Meaning, for example, that I have a REST API with an array of attributes that can be given as an input and that looks the same contract wise (meaning, I still have a "attributes" array in my request. What is changing is that a new attribute is added. For example I am going from an array with 2 attributes, to an array with 3 attributes (new "attribute3" added).

Before:

{
    "container": {
        "attributes": [
            {
                "code": "attribute1",
                "value": "123"
            },
            {
                "code": "attribute2",
                "value": "456"
            }
        ]
    }
}


After:

{
    "container": {
        "attributes": [
            {
                "code": "attribute1",
                "value": "123"
            },
            {
                "code": "attribute2",
                "value": "456"
            },
            {
                "code": "attribute3",
                "value": "789"
            }
        ]
    }
}
 
I hope my case is more clear now with this example and why (I think) I cannot used the ReadyAPI refactoring functionality. Please let me know if I am mistaken! Or if there is any way around it when it come to "bulk update" all the requests that are using a specific API request.
 
Thanks!
  • richie's avatar
    richie
    Community Hero
    7 months ago

    Hey AutoBear 

     

     

    Yeah, no - sorry - Refactor won't cover that off.  having (trying to think of the right phrase here!) - some sort of cascading payload update across all existing test steps would be handy, but I think you're stuck with being able to update the payload template on your API definition (adding in the new object in the attributes array) - then any NEW test steps sourcing the updated API definition would be populated with 3 objects in your array, rather than the previous 2 objects, however - this change wouldn't be reflected with all the test steps that already exist in your project - which is exactly what you are looking for, right? 😉

     

    Sorry AutoBear - ReadyAPI's got a long way to go before it can manage something like that sort of think I reckon!

     

    Cheers,

     

    Rich