Json Slupper assert and extract - json

Question

I'm using the next Json
{
"ID": 8,
"MenuItems": [
{
"ID": 38,
"Name": "Home",
"URL": "{\"PageLayout\":\"Home\",\"Icon\":\"home\"}",
"Culture": "en",
"Children": null
},
{
"ID": 534,
"Name": "GUIDE ",
"URL": "{''PageLayout'':''Page A'', ''Icon'':''A''}",
"MenuType": 1,
"PageID": 0,
"Culture": "en",
"Children": [
{
"ID": 6,
"Name": "Form A",
"URL": "[''Type'':''Form A'',''Icon'':''Form'',''ItemID'':\"358\"]",
"Culture": "he",
"RuleID": 0
},
{
"ID": 60,
"Name": "Drama",
"URL": "[''Type'':''Form B'',''Icon'':''Form'',''ItemID'':\"3759\"]",
"Culture": "en",
"RuleID": 0
}
]
}
]
}
i'm using Groovy script in soapUI and i need to:
Assert the exitance of node that has the name GUIDE
Extract a list of all Itemsid

Answer 1

You can parse the JSON content using JsonSlurper and then work with the results like so:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
// Assuming your JSON is stored in "jsonString"
def jsonContent = new JsonSlurper().parseText(jsonString)
// Assert node exists with name GUIDE
assert(jsonContent.MenuItems.Name.contains("GUIDE"))
// Get list of ItemIDs
def itemList = jsonContent.MenuItems.Children.URL.ItemID[0].toList()
// List the items
itemList.each {log.info it}
Note that the above will fail given your current example, because of a few issues. Firstly, Name contains "GUIDE " (trailing space) rather than "GUIDE" (so you will need to adapt accordingly). Secondly, it is invalid JSON; the URL nodes have various erroneous characters.
On a side note, if you first need to retrieve your JSON from the response associated with a previous TestStep (say one called "SendMessage") within the existing testCase, this can be done as follows:
def jsonString = context.testCase.getTestStepByName("SendMessage").testRequest.response.getContentAsString()