SoapUI JSON Parsing - Get Parent Node using Child value - json

Question

I have a JSON response like below from SoapUI.
{
"-1": {
"startDate": "",
"modifiedBy": "",
"endDate": "",
"projectId": 1,
"build": "",
"projectKey": "TEST",
"started": ""
},
"0": {
"startDate": "",
"modifiedBy": "",
"endDate": "",
"projectId": 2,
"build": "",
"projectKey": "BEST",
"started": ""
},
"2": {
"startDate": "",
"modifiedBy": "",
"endDate": "",
"projectId": 3,
"build": "",
"projectKey": "WORST",
"started": ""
}
}
My requirement is, I have to get the value/node "0" which has the projectkey="BEST" using JsonSurpler or Groovy Script Test Step. The projectkey is now under the node "0". Maybe it will be under "10" or "1000" or "-500".
How to get the parent node using a child node value?

Answer 1

There are different ways to achieve that. These are the simplest I can recollect now:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
String string = '''{
"-1": {
"startDate": "",
"modifiedBy": "",
"endDate": "",
"projectId": 1,
"build": "",
"projectKey": "TEST",
"started": ""
},
"0":{
"startDate": "",
"modifiedBy": "",
"endDate": "",
"projectId": 2,
"build": "",
"projectKey": "BEST",
"started": ""
},
"2": {
"startDate": "",
"modifiedBy": "",
"endDate": "",
"projectId": 3,
"build": "",
"projectKey": "WORST",
"started": ""
}
}'''
def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText(string)
assert json.find { it.value?.projectKey == 'BEST' }?.key == '0'
assert json.findResult { k, v -> v?.projectKey == 'BEST' ? k : null } == '0'
This will find the first item which satisfies the condition. If you need all the items which satisfy the condition then use findAll or findResults accordingly.