How to Use Query_Match for Soap UI

Question

I am having trouble using the MockOperation Editor in Soap UI.

I have got this request:

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Body>
    <methodName xmlns="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <dataAreaId>error</dataAreaId>
      <pInvoiceList>
      <dataAreaId>NOTTHESAME</dataAreaId>
        ...
      </pInvoiceList>
    </methodName>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

I tried almost every XPATH expression but I always get "Missing match in request"

What to fill in the Xpath box?

I tried:

//dataAreaId/text()
//dataAreaId/
//dataAreaId
/dataAreaId/text()
/dataAreaId
/methodName/dataAreaId/text()
/methodName/dataAreaId/
/methodName/dataAreaId

Do you want the node, all nodes by that name, or just the text in the node? Also, XPath ending with '/' isn't valid. — JWiley, Oct 30 '12 at 15:54

amaters · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-31T08:41:45.323

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I finally managed to get it based on the answer from user1740631

Seems I it had to do with namespaces afterall.

The correct syntax:

declare namespace tem='http://tempuri.org/';
//tem:methodName/tem:dataAreaId[1]

edited Oct 31 '12 at 08:41

answered Oct 31 '12 at 07:29

amaters

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Yep, that was it. Pretty annoying that their website doesn't give this hint. My XML result didn't contain namespace prefixes, but it still required that I create a virtual namespace as you suggested above. – djangofan Dec 17 '13 at 00:46

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '17 at 08:50

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If you don't care about namespaces you can use the following syntax:

XPath1.0

//*[local-name() = 'methodName']/*[local-name() = 'dataAreaId'][1]

XPath2.0

//*:methodName/*:dataAreaId[1]

answered Feb 21 '17 at 08:50

Andrés Cuadros

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 31 '12 at 05:21

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Write like this

For First One

//methodName[1]/dataAreaId[1]

For Second one

//methodName[1]/pInvoiceList[1]/dataAreaId[1]

*If you have multiple node with same name in Xml then you should use numbers to locate that particular node.

answered Oct 31 '12 at 05:21

pshekhar

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Tried this. Still without result. Can it be because of missing namespaces or am i suggesting something really stupid here? – amaters Oct 31 '12 at 07:25

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 15 '16 at 09:38

There is a good hint: When defining an Assertion for a Testcase (or maybe also in the Mock-Window) there is a button "Declare" above the XPath-Expression-Field. It doesn't really look like a button, until you point with the mouse-pointer at it, so I didn't realize it at first.

Just click on the button an SoapUI (actually I use 5.2.1) will add the declare-statements for you, that you can use.

I found that feature coincidentally, as it is not really visible. Maybe this can help also...

How to Use Query_Match for Soap UI

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