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Lexamenrf
Lexamenrf

Reputation: 69

How to assert array in array?

Can somebody please help me to assert array in array in postman ?

I have this peace of code:

"documents": [
        {
            "fileName": "file01_guid.pdf",
            "documentType": "document",
            "parentFiles": [
                "file01.pdf"
            ]
        },
        {
            "fileName": "file02_guid.pdf",
            "documentType": "document",
            "parentFiles": [
                "file01.pdf"
            ]
        }

I need to assert the "ParentFiles" array using this method:

var array = [];
var range = (json_response.data.documents).length

for (var i = 0; i < range; i++)

{
 var file = json_response.data.documents[i].fileName
 var type = json_response.data.documents[i].documentType;

 array.push(file)
 array.push(type)
}

So I could write this kind of test:

{
    pm.expect(array).to.include("file01.pdf", "file01.pdf");
});

Thank you in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1365

Answers (2)

PDHide
PDHide

Reputation: 19939

you can loop using foreach and compare the values

//store expected files in order
array=["file01.pdf","file01.pdf"]

//now forEach on each element
json_response.data.documents.forEach( (elem,index,arr)=>{
pm.expect(elem.parentFiles[0]).to.be.eql(array[index])
})

If you just want to compare two arrays then:

pm.expect(_.isEqual(array,array2)).to.be.true

lodash isEqual can be used to compare two object like arrays

Upvotes: 0

Mr. Polywhirl
Mr. Polywhirl

Reputation: 48600

You can verify if "file01.pdf" exists by simply filtering and checking the length. You can also build your array more efficiently by reducing.

const json_response = {
  "data": {
    "documents": [{
      "fileName": "file01_guid.pdf",
      "documentType": "document",
      "parentFiles": ["file01.pdf"]
    }, {
      "fileName": "file02_guid.pdf",
      "documentType": "document",
      "parentFiles": ["file01.pdf"]
    }]
  }
};

const array = json_response.data.documents.reduce((acc, doc) => {
  const { fileName, documentType, parentFiles: [ pfName ] } = doc;
  return [ ...acc, fileName, documentType, pfName ];
}, []);

console.log(array);

// Exactly two instances of "file01.pdf" exist.
console.log(array.filter(val => val === "file01.pdf").length === 2);
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If you just want to compare the arrays, you can try the following:

const json_response = {
  "data": {
    "documents": [{
      "fileName": "file01_guid.pdf",
      "documentType": "document",
      "parentFiles": ["file01.pdf"]
    }, {
      "fileName": "file02_guid.pdf",
      "documentType": "document",
      "parentFiles": ["file01.pdf"]
    }]
  }
};

const allEqual = json_response.data.documents
  .every(({ parentFiles: [ filename ] }) => filename === "file01.pdf");

console.log(allEqual);
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Upvotes: 1

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