How to set SOAPMessageContext Variables in Postman - soap

Question

I am trying to use Postman to test an old outdated SOAP Service. The service is expecting some identities to be placed in a Handler Chain to obtain from the request. In the request it obtains the values in the following manner (with some exclusions):
import javax.annotation.Resource;
#Resource
private WebServiceContext webServiceContext;
public MyResponse methodEvent(...) {
...
String var1 = (String) context.getMessageContext().get("VAR1");
...
}
My question is when trying to use Postman how can I set this value in the request. It is not part of the normal headers or other standard entries.

Answer 1

It is possible before SOAP API call.
You can using the response of output to assign result variable
It can use other call output
From three different inputs
#1 Pre-request Script
#2 Global variable
#3 From other request output - I think you looking for this solution.
Demo - I will show ADD operation in Calculator SOAP
SOAP service URL
http://www.dneonline.com/calculator.asmx
Using variables input_a, input_b for adding
#1 Pre-request Script
value defined at Pre-request Script
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("input_a", 3);
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("input_b", 4);
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<Add xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
<intA>{{input_a}}</intA>
<intB>{{input_b}}</intB>
</Add>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Result
#2 Global variable
Result
#3 From other request output - XML parsing and assign variable
You can using this output variable for other SOAP call's input
var xmlTree = xml2Json(responseBody);
var text = xmlTree["soap:Envelope"]["soap:Body"]["AddResponse"]["AddResult"];
console.log(text)
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("output_result", Number(text));
console.log(postman.getEnvironmentVariable("output_result"));
Print the parsing variable