Testing SOAP API in accelQ – ACCELQ

accelQ provides comprehensive support for executing and verifying SOAP API. There isn't much difference in how you set up your action logic for API testing compared to UI testing. And you can also develop an Action that includes both UI and API testing together, making possible a fluid end-to-end verification.

Here is the basic flow involved in testing SOAP services. Subsequent sections describe these steps in greater detail.

Defining SOAP Connection

Define SOAP Connection

Registers SOAP connection with the given name and base URL. Further API calls on this connection should be referenced through the given connection name. If the connection name already exists then the results will be overwritten with the new SOAP calls i.e. the previous results are lost.

 Connection Name

 Base URL
 
 Username

 Password

Connection Name to reference when invoking SOAP calls
 
Base URL that is prefixed to the end-point URL of SOAP calls on this connection.
 
Username.

Password.

Invoking SOAP Calls

Invoke SOAP Request (GET)

Invokes a SOAP GET service. Note that the connection name must have already been defined (and authenticated, if required) before executing this command. The Reference Name provided with this Request should be used for subsequent validation of Response.

Connection Name
 
Reference Name
 
URL

Headers

Connection name on which this SOAP call is executed.
 
Reference name for this SOAP call.

SOAP service end-point URL. Note that if the Connection has a base URL specified, it will be prefixed.
 
Comma separated header-value pairs that are to be passed in the Request.

Invoke SOAP Request (POST)

Invokes a SOAP POST service. Note that the connection name must have already been defined (and authenticated, if required) before executing this command. The Reference Name provided with this Request should be used for subsequent validation of Response.

 Connection name 

 Reference name
 
 URL

 Headers
 
 Payload

 Connection name on which this SOAP call is executed.

 Reference name for this SOAP call.
 
 SOAP service end-point URL. Note that if the Connection has a base URL specified, it will be prefixed.

 Comma separated header-value pairs that are to be passed in the Request.
 
 Payload Data.

Response Verification

Verify Header From SOAP Response

Verifies header value from SOAP Response.

reference name
 
header name
 
header value

failure action

reference name for this SOAP call.
 
header name.
 
expected header value to be verified.

 select action to be done if verification fails (continue to execute the test or abort test).

Verify the SOAP Response Status Code

Verifies whether the Response status code for a given SOAP Request is the specified value. Note that this is verification command and it fails the test execution if the verification fails.

Reference name
 
Status code

failure action

Reference name for the SOAP call whose status to be verified. 
 
Status code verified against Response's status code. 

Select action to be done if verification fails (continue to execute the test or abort test).

Verify Node In SOAP Response Matches

Verify the node value in the SOAP response matches an expected text.

 Ref name
 
 Match type
 
 failure action
 
 Expected value
 
 Comparison type
 
 XML Path

Reference name for this SOAP call.
 
Select case sensitivity option (ignore case, match case, regex pattern).
 
Select action to be done if verification fails (continue to execute the test, abort test).
 
Expected value.
 
Select matching option (equals, contains).
 
XML Path(Xpath) to be verified.

Verify Node In SOAP Response Is Not

Verify the node value in the SOAP response does not match a text.

 Ref name
 
 Match type
 
 failure action
 
 Expected value
 
 Comparison type
 
 XML Path

Reference name for this SOAP call.
 
Select case sensitivity option (ignore case, match case, regex pattern).
 
Select action to be done if verification fails (continue to execute the test, abort test).
 
Expected value.
 
Select matching option (equals, contains).
 
XML path(Xpath) to verify.

Retrieve Data from SOAP Response

Get SOAP Response Body

Get the response body for a soap call with reference name.

Ref name
 
Returns

reference name for the SOAP call.
 
response body for SOAP call.

Get Node From SOAP Response

Get specific node value from the returned response with reference name for a soap call.

Ref name
 
Path 

Returns

reference name for the SOAP call.
 
node path.

Node Value

Get SOAP Response Header

Get response header for a soap call with reference name.

Ref name

Returns

reference name for the SOAP call.
 
response header for SOAP call.

Get Status Code From SOAP Response

Get response status for a soap call with reference name.

Ref name
 
Returns

reference name for the SOAP call.
 
 response SOAP for SOAP call.

Defining SOAP Connection

Invoking SOAP Calls

Response Verification

Retrieve Data from SOAP Response

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