SoapUi Assertions - Use a string as a json path with groovy - json

Question

I am using groovy to automate some tests on SoapUI, and I wanted to also automate assertions in a way I would get a field's name and value from a *.txt file and check if the wanted field does exist with the wanted value in the SOapUI response.
Suppose I have the following json response:
{
"path" : {
"field" : "My Wanted Value"
}
}
And from my text file I would have the following two strings :
path="path.field"
value="My Wanted Value"
I tried the following :
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
def response = messageExchange.response.responseContent
def slurper = new JsonSlurper()
def json = slurper.parseText response
assert json.path==value;
But of course it doesn't work.
Any idea how can I get it done please?
Thank you

Answer 1

I think your problem is to access a json value from a path based with . notation, in your case path.field to solve this you can use the follow approach:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
def path='path.field'
def value='My Wanted Value'
def response = '''{
"path" : {
"field" : "My Wanted Value"
}
}'''
def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText response
// split the path an iterate over it step by step to
// find your value
path.split("\\.").each {
json = json[it]
}
assert json == value
println json // My Wanted Value
println value // My Wanted Value
Additionally I'm not sure if you're also asking how to read the values from a file, if it's also a requirement you can use ConfigSlurper to do so supposing you've a file called myProps.txt with your content:
path="path.field"
value="My Wanted Value"
You can access it using the follow approach:
import groovy.util.ConfigSlurper
def urlFile = new File('C:/temp/myProps.txt').toURI().toURL()
def config = new ConfigSlurper().parse(urlFile);
println config.path // path.field
println config.value // My Wanted Value
All together (json path + read config from file):
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
import groovy.util.ConfigSlurper
def response = '''{
"path" : {
"field" : "My Wanted Value"
}
}'''
// get the properties from the config file
def urlFile = new File('C:/temp/myProps.txt').toURI().toURL()
def config = new ConfigSlurper().parse(urlFile);
def path=config.path
def value=config.value
def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText response
// split the path an iterate over it step by step
// to find your value
path.split("\\.").each {
json = json[it]
}
assert json == value
println json // My Wanted Value
println value // My Wanted Value
Hope this helps,