Assign child node from a JSON response to project variable everytime a request is sent in SoapUI

Question

I am new to soapUI and still figuring it out. Is it possible to extract data from a JSON response and assign it to a project variable which can further be used in another request. In my case it's an authentication token.

Appreciate all your responses.

Found nothing specific on internet regarding this.

Answer 1

I did it using property transfer.

Add a property transfer step, and select the response of the previous REST request, and use Xquery to get the child node, and assign it to the project variable.

For eg:

{"menu": {  
  "id": "file",  
  "value": "File",  
  "popup": {  
    "menuitem": [  
      {"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateDoc()"},  
      {"value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()"},  
      {"value": "Save", "onclick": "SaveDoc()"}  
    ]  
  }  
}}

Use the Xquery, "$.menu.popup.menuitem.value", to access the respective child node.