API testing: add ability to store specific named values from json responses #487
Description
It would be very helpful to be able to store specific portions of web responses in order to use in subsequent requests. For example
- Send request to serviceX/api/v1/getUserByName?name=sampacos
- serviceX responds with json such as
{
"userId": "1245235",
"name": "sampacos",
"age": "45",
"userPreferences": {
"autoSave": "true"
"sessionId": "12344123123"
}
}
- Send request to serviceY/api/v1/getProjectsByUserId?userId=1245235&sessionId=12344123123
What we need is the ability to store values from specific fields in the json to use for later requests.
In Gherkin, this might look something like this:
Given I use the API named ServiceX
When I add a parameter name with value sampacos
And I send a GET request to the api/v1/getUserByName endpoint
Then I verify the response code is 200
And I note the userId in the response
And I note the userPreferences.sessionId in the response
When I use the API named ServiceY
When I add a parameter userId with the noted value
And I add a parameter sessionId with the noted value
And I send a GET request to the api/v1/getProjectsByUserId endpoint
Then I verify the response code is 200