QAF : RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody() return null in wsstep

Question

I am using QAF api common step and getting null in getMessageBody(). Also printed headers, status etc and its returning proper values.

        System.out.println("Status is:" + new RestTestBase().getResponse().getStatus().name());  
        System.out.println("Header is:" + new RestTestBase().getResponse().getHeaders());
        System.out.println("Body is:" + new RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody());
        WsStep.responseShouldHaveValueContainsIgnoringCase(expectedvalue, jpath);

Output : Status is:OK Header is:{CF-RAY=[708ac4150dcfa03f-SIN], ..... charset=utf-8]} Body is:null

I have to use below method to get proper response.

    public static void responseShouldHaveValueIgnoringCase(String expectedValue, String path) {
        Object actual = JsonPath.read(new RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody(), getPath(path));
        assertThat(String.valueOf(actual), Matchers.equalToIgnoringCase(expectedValue));
    }

Note: I am using below version and endup with null value. <qaf-support-ws.version>3.1.0</qaf-support-ws.version> and verified in <qaf-support-ws.version>3.0.1</qaf-support-ws.version> Moreover, morethan 9 globals were used this steps. JsonPath.read(new RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody(), getPath(path));

Reference: https://github.com/qmetry/qaf-support-ws/blob/master/src/com/qmetry/qaf/automation/step/WsStep.java

Do you mean it works with qaf 3.0.1 but not working with 3.1.0? — user861594, May 09 '22 at 15:11
@user861594, I tried with lower version and upgraded with higher version, both were not working only for getMessageBody(). Same is working fine for getHeaders() and getStatus() etc.. Almost more than 9 globals were using getMessageBody() and all getting failed. https://github.com/qmetry/qaf-support-ws/blob/master/src/com/qmetry/qaf/automation/step/WsStep.java — Rafeek, May 10 '22 at 04:17
make sure you are doing right request and the response returns body. Will you be able to share your request call? — user861594, Jun 01 '22 at 17:51
Hi @user861594, ` String responseBody = new RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody(); System.out.println("the body is"+responseBody);` — Rafeek, Nov 26 '22 at 20:57
I have attached console log screenshot in main thread. my sample request is http://webservices.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo/CountryInfoService.wso/ListOfContinentsByName Note: My query is why below code is not returning any value. Because this issue, unable to use common wsstep methods. String responseBody = new RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody(); — Rafeek, Nov 26 '22 at 21:08
AF Africa AN Antarctica AS Asia EU Europe OC Ocenania AM The Americas — Rafeek, Nov 26 '22 at 21:16
To validate xml value you need to use steps for xpath. Steps with jsonpath are for validating json response body. — user861594, Nov 29 '22 at 18:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '22 at 18:34

I tried above using qaf-repository-editor and it works fine without issue. For validation step using xpath i have added following dependency in pom.


<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-jxpath/commons-jxpath -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-jxpath</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-jxpath</artifactId>
            <version>1.3</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                <groupId>com.mockrunner</groupId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

i tried following step and it worked fine.

response has value "Asia" at xpath "//tContinent[sCode[contains(.,'AS')]]/sName"

QAF : RestTestBase().getResponse().getMessageBody() return null in wsstep

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