I have created a webtest in visual studio to perform a test on a Rest API.I have some code that generates a random serial number that i need to pass into my QueryString parameter is there anyway to do this? I noticed that i can bind xml, csv and a database to it for Dynamic values. Would i have to change my code to wright to a xml file or is it possible to perform a direct call to the method inside the .cs file? C# Langauge.
I want to do something like in the below method but i want the sessionToken.sessionToken() to be the method that was called from the .cs file.
QueryString Parameters
generatedToken=sessionToken.sessionToken()
Write your code within the PreRequest method of a Web Test Request plugin, or call your method from the plugin. One of the last statements of the plugin should write the generated value to a context parameter, with code something like:
e.WebTest.Context["YourContextParameter"] = TheGeneratedValue.ToString();
The value of the query string parameter can then be in one of these styles
{{YourContextParameter}}
or
Some text{{YourContextParameter}}more text
With a little more effort you can pass the context parameter name as a parameter of the plugin.
It can be useful to add diagnostics from the plugin into the log; to showit has been called and to record its output. This can be done with a statement of the form:
e.WebTest.AddCommentToResult("Plugin result is " + TheGeneratedValue.ToString());
Another approach is to convert the entire webtest to a coded test, by using one of the command icons just above the webtest. That produces C# that you can edit as much as you want. However, that conversion is a one-way process. After doing it you cannot use the webtest editor to further change the test. Hence I recommend the plugin route.