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Skeffington
Skeffington

Reputation: 1291

soapUI Dynamic mock service: How to extract response name from request parameter?

I am trying to build a mock service in SoapUI, which dynamically returns a response, based on a value passed in the request. Example:

<foo>
     <bar>
        <ID>Response1</ID>  <--- I want to extract this
        <ReferenceID>stuff</ReferenceID>
        <CreationDate>2016-05-01T11:34:56Z</CreationDate>
     </bar>
</foo>

So I set my DISPATCH to SCRIPT and tried the following (the return value should specify the name of the response, which is returned):

def req = new XmlSlurper().parseText(mockRequest.requestContent)
return "${req.foo.bar.ID}"

And this:

def holder = new com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder(mockRequest.requestContent )
def arg1 = holder.getNodeValue("ID") // also tried "//ID"
return arg1.toString();

Neither worked, the mock always returns the default response - hope some of you can help me with the solution :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2072

Answers (1)

albciff
albciff

Reputation: 18507

The problem is probably that your <foo> response is wrapped in a SOAP<envelope> and <body> so the path you're using with XmlSlurper is not correct req.foo.bar.ID.

Furthermore if in your case your response is not wrapper with <envelope> and <body> note that in the XmlSlurper the root node starts at the object itself so the req.foo is not needed since <foo> is the root node, looks at the follow example:

def xml = 
'''<foo>
     <bar>
        <ID>Response1</ID>
        <ReferenceID>stuff</ReferenceID>
        <CreationDate>2016-05-01T11:34:56Z</CreationDate>
     </bar>
</foo>
'''

def slurper = new XmlSlurper().parseText(xml)
println slurper.foo // prints nothing...
println slurper.bar.ID // prints Response1

Due to this maybe the easy way to get the node value is to use find method, so in your DISPATCH script:

def req = new XmlSlurper().parseText(mockRequest.requestContent)
return req.'**'.find { it.name() == 'ID' }

Alternatively if you want to use XmlHolder instead of XmlSlurper as @Rao comments simply use a namespace on your XPath. Fortunately SOAPUI allows you to use * as a wildcard for namespaces so correct ID by //*:ID:

def holder = new com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder(mockRequest.requestContent )
return holder.getNodeValue("//*:ID").toString()

Hope it helps,

Upvotes: 1

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