How to assert text content in unknown node in SoapUI

Question

I have a webService that returns certain values.

<BasicPersons>
           <id>4</id>
           <firstName>Patricia</firstName>
           <middleName>A</middleName>
           <lastName>Cluss</lastName>
        </BasicPersons>
        <BasicPersons>
           <id>5</id>
           <firstName>Benjamin</firstName>
           <middleName>L</middleName>
           <lastName>Handen</lastName>
        </BasicPersons>
        <BasicPersons>
           <id>6</id>
           <firstName>Ellen</firstName>
           <lastName>Frank</lastName>
        </BasicPersons>
        <BasicPersons>

I know what some of those values will be but i don't know the order of the nodes. I want to assert that one of the "basicPersons" node contain firstname=Benjamin. How can i do it?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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You do not need to know the order of nodes, just */BasicPersons[firstName='Benjamin'] -- it searches every child of basicPerson where text is exactly Benjamin.

upd: some helpful link Using XPATH to search text containing

upd2: thank you guys for editing, I've missed firstname tag

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Jan 04 '14 at 15:20

olyv

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i know that, but what assert should i use in soapui – Adi Mor Jan 04 '14 at 17:35
Add assertion to the request -> Property Content -> XPath match (http://www.soapui.org/Functional-Testing/xpath-and-xquery-assertions.html) or if need some additional actions use Script Assertion (http://www.soapui.org/Functional-Testing/script-assertions.html). – olyv Jan 04 '14 at 19:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '14 at 19:58

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You could use an XPath assertion like:

exists(//*:BasicPersons[contains(*:firstName, 'Benjamin')])

answered Jan 07 '14 at 19:58

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How to assert text content in unknown node in SoapUI

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