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segreat
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10 years ago

Testing query parameter without value in SoapUI - how can I do this?

For instance, if I want to test the following URL:   GET http://example.com?api=testAPI&$metadata   How can I append the $metadata to the URL without adding a value to it? It won't work if it has...
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nmrao
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10 years ago

Is your query parameter name is "$metadata"? Does it contain any value or is it a variable? why do you want to send just parameter without any value?

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segreat
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10 years ago

Yes it is. It does not contain a value, but appending it will return me structure information about whatever API I am calling on this web site I am testing.

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    nmrao
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    10 years ago
    Not sure if parameter name can contain special character, in this case $.
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      segreat
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      10 years ago

      It can. I've used other query parameters starting with that character, but those ones had values.

       

      So why is my desired test not possible?

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        kondasamy
        Regular Contributor
        10 years ago

        For framing the below URL,

         

        GET http://example.com?api=testAPI&$metadata

         

        Solution 1:

        I guess you should keep 'api' as query parameter and should hit the request as "GET http://example.com?api=testAPI" and later using 'RequestFilter.filterRequest' option, you should append the later part '&$metadata' to the endpoint using Groovy script.

         

        Solution 2:

        Pass the value of 'api' query parameter as "testAPI&$metadata"

         

        Main reason is - SoapUI doesn't send a quary parameter which is not having any value set to it. I expect this to be correct behavior. We are just modding the request to satisfy our needs.

         

        Thanks,

        Samy