Fetch a value from a response and write into a file

Question

I'm new to groovy in soapui. I am trying to fetch a value from a mockservice response tag and store that in a text file. Then another service will read that file to use in a request.

//Response tag from a mockresponse of a service i.e. service1 <ref:ReferState RequestID = "0004350758">

//store in a file so that the request from another service can use this ID

//Request from another service i.e. service2 <ref:ReferState RequestID = "0004350758">

And this Request ID value is incrementing every run.

Can someone help please with the groovy code? many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You set up a Groovy Test Step to run after your service call (assuming it's SOAP).

import com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder

def xml = new XmlHolder(context.response)

//getting response value with xpath, this you will have to figure out yourself depending on the XML structure:
def responseValue = xml.getNodeValue("//*:ReferState/*: RequestID") 
log.info "responseValue : ${responseValue}"

def outFile = new File("/your/path/and/filename.txt")
outFile.write(responseValue)

And then in the other project, you can access the value as:

def inputValue = new File("/your/path/and/filename.txt").text
log.info "inputValue : ${inputValue}"

If you want to use that value in a new service call, put it in a property:

testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("RequestID", "responseValue")

and in your next request parameterise it:

<soap:Header/>
    <soap:Body>
        <ns:SomeRequest>
             <ref:RequestID>${#TestCase#responseValue}</ns:address>
             ...

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Coincidentally, SoapUI also has global propeties that are visible across projects:

Setting:

com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.globalProperties.setPropertyValue("GlobalPropName", "PropValue")

Getting

com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.globalProperties.getPropertyValue("GlobalPropName") == "PropValue"