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thatstevecena
thatstevecena

Reputation: 13

Transfer data from XML response to SoapUI property

I am very new to SoapUI (open source version) and REST. We have an ERP system that uses REST via web services to allow third part applications to communicate with it. I am using SoapUI to test out how these calls work. I use a user name & password to get a token for my session. I've used the Property Transfer inside SoapUI to set the user name & password. The result is in XML:

<MGRestTokenResponse xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <Message>success</Message>
   <Token>--I WANT THIS DATA--</Token>
</MGRestTokenResponse>

When I used the Property Transfer to get the token, the best I could get is to store the entire XML output. After a lot of Googling, the only solution I could come up with is in a follow up step, use the following Groovy code:

def content = context.expand('${Set Test Properties#sectoken}')
def xml = new XmlSlurper().parseText(content)
def token = xml.getAt("Token")
testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName("Set Test Properties").setPropertyValue("sectoken",token.toString())

Is this the correct/preferred way to extract data from an XML response in SoapUI? Should I have done anything with the text field below the "Target" settings? I assume that the process would be similar with JSON (swapping the Slurper our for Json).

I've got a lot of testing I need to use SoapUI from & I want to be sure I'm using the tool properly.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2033

Answers (2)

Gaurav Khurana
Gaurav Khurana

Reputation: 3891

Yes you found it right, There are 2 ways of fetching data.

  1. Property Transfer
  2. Groovy script

a) XmlParser/XmlSlurper
b) xmlHolder

Also please note that if your xml has namespaces, then only xmlHolder can help you. 

i.e. <f:table>
<f:name>African Coffee Table</f:name>
<f:width>80</f:width>
<f:length>120</f:length>
<f:table>

i.e. //*:length will still remain valid, but if you use xml.getAt(length) this may not work

def groovyUtils= new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils(context) def xml=groovyUtils.getXmlHolder('YourRestRequestName#Request') def token=xml.getNodeValue("//*:Token") log.info token

and the correct syntax for fetching value via Property transfer step is 

 declare namespace ns1='http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/'; 
 //ns1:MGRestTokenResponse[1]/ns1:Token[1]

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Using groovy is more benefical as it makes your task very easy if you want so many validation.

  • a) what if you want to validate the length of token
  • b) Value is alphanumeric and there are 5 subnodes inside MGRestTokenResponse So from long term perspective and detailed validation relying on Groovy is a better option

Upvotes: 2

Ross
Ross

Reputation: 2417

This should be possible with the property transfer test step. The reason I bring this up is that I find that is it less taxing on the system memory than groovy scripts.

The below should be able to transfer the property you are looking for provided you have added a properties test step.

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Please let me know if this helps

Upvotes: 3

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