Groovy in SOAP UI

Archive for September 2008

load testing with SOAP request having variable parameter(s)

Posted by: devakara on: September 30, 2008

 

At times there could be requirement of Load Testing a Web Service following different strategies based on the requirement.
But say if there are fields in the SOAP request which are supposed to be unique for every request that hits the service while load testing…really this could be tough to deal with.
With the new feature called [...]

SOAP UI 2.5 beta-1 is out!

Posted by: devakara on: September 29, 2008

The latest fad from eviware, SOAP UI 2.5 beta-1 is out!
In soapUI 2.5 you will find:
REST/HTTP Support
  - WADL import / export / generation
  - JSON/HTML to XML conversion for assertions, transfers, etc..
  - REST / HTTP Request TestStep
  - Generate both code and documentation for WADLs
WS-Addressing support
  - Request, MockResponse, Assertion
MockService improvements
  - onRequest / afterRequest scripts
  - improved WSDL exposure [...]

accessing properties in SOAP request

Posted by: devakara on: September 16, 2008

Accessing variable values on the go while sending SOAP request to some service, might solve many problems at times. In SOAP UI, there are two ways to accomplish this
i) Using ‘Property Transfer’ step
ii) Using ‘Property Expansion’ accordingly wherever required. Here I am explaining this procedure fo accesing properties.
${#Scope#Property-name[#xpath-expression]}
${Property-name} refers to a Global Property
(example: ${UserName} to [...]