How do I get my Postman tests to pass using response body as the results?

Question

I am attempting to write tests in Postman for the first time. I am using the pm.test method containing pm.expect.

Here is my test:

//contract details tests
pm.test("Contract data is correct", function() {
        pm.expect(pm.response.json().results.contractNb).to.equal("00002");
        pm.expect(pm.response.json().results.progSrvcNm).to.equal("009");
});

My response appears like so:

{
    "contractNb": "00002",
    "progSrvcNm": "009",
    "contractPartyNm": "testContract",
    "terms": 30,
    "startDt": "2018-01-01"
}

What is the full response body? Is `results` an array of objects? — Danny Dainton, Nov 27 '18 at 17:36
I cannot include the full response data as it contains private customer data, but yes it is an array in the format { "contractNb": "00002", "progSrvcNm": "009", "parameter": "value" } — jwatkins, Nov 27 '18 at 18:46
I found an answer from you Danny on this question. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49586400/postman-test-scripts-inspecting-contents-of-response-json?rq=1 Thanks! — jwatkins, Nov 27 '18 at 19:26
OK, you could of just masked all the sensitive pieces of information. It wasn't the data I was asking about, it was the structure of it. That answer is a bit old now and I bit there is a cleaner way of doing it. Can still help if you update the question with the Data. — Danny Dainton, Nov 27 '18 at 20:15
If that's the whole response body and nothing else, I would just remove the `results` part. — Danny Dainton, Nov 27 '18 at 21:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '18 at 11:15

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Given your response body data - If you just remove the .results part of the expect statement, the check will pass.

pm.test("Contract data is correct", () => {
    pm.expect(pm.response.json().contractNb).to.equal("00002")
    pm.expect(pm.response.json().progSrvcNm).to.equal("009")
})

answered Nov 28 '18 at 11:15

Danny Dainton

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Thank you very much! I got the example using the results from the Postman example page. Going forward, should I ever use that? – jwatkins Nov 28 '18 at 13:39

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 03 '20 at 18:39

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The correct code was as Danny Dainton posted.

pm.test('Contract details are correct for the passed in contract ID', () => {
    pm.expect(pm.response.json().contractNb).to.equal("00002");
    pm.expect(pm.response.json().progSrvcNm).to.equal("009");
});

edited May 03 '20 at 18:39

n-verbitsky

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answered Nov 28 '18 at 14:49

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How do I get my Postman tests to pass using response body as the results?

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