I've generated the web service client in eclipse for the OpenCalais WSDL using the "develop" client type. Actually I was following this post so not really going in detail. Now when I get the results this way: new CalaisLocator().getcalaisSoap().enlighten(key, content, requestParams);, I get the String object, containing the response XML. Sure it's possible to parse that XML, but I think there must be some way to do it automatically, e.g. getting the response object in the form of some list whatsoever?
The response from the SOAP interface is already parsed. The englighten() method returns an XML string. When you call it with SOAP, this response is wrapped within even more XML. The SOAP library already parses the outer SOAP XML and returns the result of the enlighten() method, which is also XML.
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I have tried to find a solution in this community in different threads but yet to find one that I am looking for.
I am using SoapUI version 5.3.0 My Application have a couple of RESTful APIs. Initially I am sending json request to a WebService and getting back the following XML Response:
<StartDataExtractResult xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AriaTechCore" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<StatusCode>1</StatusCode>
<StatusText>success</StatusText>
<RequestNumber>397</RequestNumber>
</StartDataExtractResult>
As soon as RequestNumber tag is generated. I have to access to 2 more XML EndPoints (where the value of RequestNumber is appended) to know the Status as below:
A. http://quickextract.quickaudit.in/webs/quickextract.svc/GetExtractionDetails/396
B.
http://quickextract.quickaudit.in/webs/quickextract.svc/GetRequestStatus/396
As of now, I have created the 2 seperateTestSteps for the above mentioned XML Endpoints:
A. http://quickextract.quickaudit.in/webs/quickextract.svc/GetExtractionDetails/
B. http://quickextract.quickaudit.in/webs/quickextract.svc/GetRequestStatus/
Now I need to append the value within tag in the GET Request to get back a response from the WebServices.
Update:
I have created a 'Property Transfer' at Testsuite level as "TSreqNum". This 'Property Transfer' is getting updated as per the initial Response. But I am not sure how would I append "TSreqNum" to construct the complete GET Request as:
http://quickextract.quickaudit.in/webs/quickextract.svc/GetExtractionDetails/TSreqNum
Can anyone help me out please?
You can use the property within the URL of the GET request:
http://host:port/path/${#TestSuite#TSreqNum}
The URL gets updated with the property value.
I am a newbie to the apigility code-connected service & was able to create a RESTful service with fetch and fetchall class method on the mapper file.
Can someone point me a good sample for insert (POST) data via REST service ?
Thank you,
Kevin
POST is going to be used for creating a new resource typically. This means that in your request you're going to want the following headers:
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
The first tells Apigility what sort of a response it is expecting. The second says that the data you'll be providing to the API will be in json format.
Apigility uses json or json+hal by default for a return and expects json for the incoming data.
When you're creating a new resource, typically you'll be persisting it in a database and as such the id of the resource will be generated by your code or database. The rest of the resource will be provided by the caller to the API. Example:
POST /api/user
{
"username": "kevin voyce",
"firstname": "kevin",
"lastname":" "voyce"
}
If you do this, you should see a response of something like
405 - Method Not Allowed
The body of the error should indicate that the method has not been defined. The error message is coming from the create method in the resource. Inside this method, you'll see an argument called $data which at this point will consist of a PHP stdClass with fields matching the stuff you passed in via the JSON body.
This is where the fields part of configuring your API in Apigility comes in. If you set up the names of the fields and put validators on the fields, Apigility will make sure that the fields that are passed in conform to and are valid according to these validators before the call is made into your API. The same applies to not just POST, but PATCH and PUT as well. This means that within your methods you don't have to worry that the input hasn't been validated (as long as you correctly configured your validators).
I need to do a post request from a gwt app to a server. So far this works fine. However, originally I used an object that contained all the parameters send over to the server via a rpc request so I did not have to manage the serialization and deserialization myself. Now I send this stuff via a post request and on the server side I get something like username=blabla&location=blabla
I'd rather like to do something like this (pseudo code):
String serializedObject = parameterObject.serialize();
sendPostRequestWithContent(serializedObject);
and on the server side:
doPost(...)
String serializedObject = request.getContent();
ParameterObject parameterObject = ParameterObject.deserialize( serializedObject );
Any idea how I could do this?
There are different ways.
For simple objects manually serialize and deserialize (field1=123123&field2=1232)
Use JSON as payload.
For solution 2 you can use a JSON parser on the beackend (Jackson, Gson, etc) and on the client you can either manually serialize the object to JSON or one of these methods.
I am trying to produce both xml and json from my rest service.
#Produces({"application/xml", "application/json"})
However, when I try to use the service using curl/SOAPUI, I get back either xml or json depending on which is mentioned first. In simple words, only the first method is considered. Is there a workaround?
You should check this link out - oracle docs for #Produces
The spec says that it does indeed default to the first one if that is acceptable as specified by the media type on the request. You should check your soapUI tool and see what headers you are sending. If they are both being sent you will get a response with the first one listed in your #Produces annotation.
I have been looking at the answer to this question:
Pulling details from response to new request SoapUI
which is similar to what I am looking for but I can't get it to work.
I have a small SOAPUI testsuite and I need to extract a value from the response of a SOAP request and then use this value in a subsequent REST request.
The response to my SOAP request is:
<ns0:session xmlns:ns0="http://www.someurl.com/la/la/v1_0">
<token>AQIC5wM2xAAIwMg==#</token>
</ns0:session>
so I need the token to use in my REST request. I know it involves using Property Transfer and some XPath / XQuery but I just can't get it right. At the moment my property transfer window points to Source: SOAP test Property: Response and has data(/session/token/text()) in the text box. In target it has Target: REST testcase Property: newProp and I have Use XQuery checked.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Adrian
I think you just need to declare the namespace ns0 and use it in the XPath. Also, uncheck the XQuery, it is only used when you are using XQuery, not XPath.
Replace your expression with this:
declare namespace ns0='http://www.someurl.com/la/la/v1_0';
/ns0:session/token/text()