SoapUI POST to REST with attached file in Groovy - rest

Question

I'm trying to POST to a Sharepoint REST service an attached file with SoapUI Pro. I've tried the examples at: https://support.smartbear.com/readyapi/docs/requests/attachment/rest.html
But with no luck.
It should work with POST with byte-array as body. But how do I do that in SoapUI and Groovy?
In the tool Insomnia it works with "Binary File".
I add these headers:
Accept: application/json;odata=verbose
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Media type = multipart/mixed and Post QueryString
But the file won't be uploaded to SharePoint.
PowerShell code that works:
$headers = #{
'X-RequestDigest' = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
'Accept' = 'application/json;odata=verbose'
}
$document = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('C:\temp\myFile.docx')
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -UseDefaultCredentials -Uri "https://xxxx.xxx/add(url='myFile.docx',%20overwrite=true)" -Headers $headers -Body $document

Answer 1

I tried to go through this as well a while ago but I found it easier to use HTTP to do this.
You may try to see if it fits your requirements
My groovy script for attachment :
// upload source file before import
// get uploading request
def source_file = context.expand( '${#TestCase#source_file_path}' )
log.info "upload $source_file"
def aPIToolsTestSuite = context.expand( '${#Project#APIToolsTestSuite}' ) // the test suite that contains the test case with the HTTP request
tc_name = "import - upload resource files"
request = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.testSuites[aPIToolsTestSuite].testCases[tc_name].getTestStepByName("Request 1").testRequest
// clear request from any existing attachment
for (a in request.attachments)
{
request.removeAttachment(a)
}
// attach file to upload
def file = new File(source_file)
if (file == null)
{
log.error "bad file name : $source_file"
}
else
{
// attach file and set properties
try{
def attachment = request.attachFile (file, true)
attachment.contentType = "application/octet-stream"
attachment.setPart("upload file '$source_file'")
}
catch (Exception e){
log.error "file ${file.name} : exception $e"
}
}
// now upload file - launch the request
def jsonSlurper = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper()
def TC;
def async = false
TC = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.getTestSuiteByName(aPIToolsTestSuite).getTestCaseByName(tc_name)
result = TC.run (context.getProperties(), async)
if (String.valueOf( result.status ) != "PASS")
{
msg = "unexpected failure during $tc_name when uploading $source_file"
testRunner.fail(msg)
log.error msg
}
else
{
// this part is for further processing
// file uploaded, go through the import and properties backup process
resource_to_import = TC.getPropertyValue("testResponse").split('\"')[1]
// file uploaded, go through the import and properties backup process
testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("resource_id", resource_to_import)
}
And the HTTP request contained in the test case APIToolsTestSuite/import - upload resource files
first step : get endpoint
def env = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.activeEnvironment
rest = env.getRestServiceAt(0)
config = rest.getEndpoint().config
endpoint = new XmlSlurper().parseText(config.toString())
testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue("endpoint", endpoint.toString())
second step, HTTP request:
POST
with Request tab parameters :
name : metadata
value : {"storageType":"FILESYSTEM","itemName":"my_source_file"}
type : QUERY
media type : multipart/form-data
Post QueryString
Headers : application/json
Good luck :)