Partial Match
There are instances when you want to assert a API response field with a partial match such as
- “starts with” or
- “contains string” or
- “matches pattern”.
- etc
e.g.
- MATCHES.PATTERN : You can assert that a field matches certain pattern e.g. a specific date format (Use
$MATCHES.STRING:) - STARTS.WITH : You can assert that a field starts with certain text (Use
$MATCHES.STRING:)
Also look for “CONTAINS.STRING” in the search box and its usage.
Zerocode-tdd lib provides this mechanism out of the box.
See examples below:
// Run Log //
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Scenario:
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Assert date field format only but not its exact content
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url:http://localhost:9999/api/v1/google-uk/employees/UK-LON-1002
method:GET
request:
{ }
Response:
{
"status" : 200,
"body" : {
"empId" : "UK-LON-1002",
"city" : "UK-London",
"dob" : "1989-07-09"
}
}
---------> Expected Response: <----------
{
"status" : 200,
"body" : {
"dob" : "$MATCHES.STRING:\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}"
}
}
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url:http://localhost:9999/api/v1/google-uk/employees/UK-LON-1002
method:GET
request:
{ }
Response:
{
"status" : 200,
"body" : {
"empId" : "UK-LON-1002",
"city" : "UK-London",
"dob" : "1989-07-09"
}
}
---------> Expected Response: <----------
{
"status" : 200,
"body" : {
"city" : "$MATCHES.STRING:UK-(.*)"
}
}
-done-Starts With
There is no STARTS.WITH syntax.
As you can achieve the same with $MATCHES.STRING:<aString(.*)>, hence there was no STARTS.WITH implementation needed or provided.
Regex String Match
You can assert a string with $MATCHES.STRING:<a regex pattern>