Validation By Partial Json

Partial Json Validation

• We can verify partial json body using Json Path

• https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath

• More info on Json Path

• Format:

  • jsonPath:jsonbody(json body)

• _VERIFY.JSON.PART_
  .book[?(@.author =~ /.*REES/i)]:jsonbody(
  [
     {
        "category" : "reference",
        "author" : "Nigel Rees",
        "title" : "Sayings of the Century",
        "price" : 8.95
     }
  ])

  • Json Path:

  • .book[?(@.author =~ /.*REES/i)]

  • Json Body:

    [
       {
          "category" : "reference",
          "author" : "Nigel Rees",
          "title" : "Sayings of the Century",
          "price" : 8.95
       }
    ]

• Use http://jsonpath.herokuapp.com/ web app to validate your json query

• eg. http://jsonpath.herokuapp.com/?path=$..book[?(@.author%20=~%20/.*REES/i)]

Test File Implementation

• At Expected Response column, add the jsonbody validation as follows

• Example found at apiTestData -> testCases -> TestCases_UserValidation.csv (row 3)

Path Examples

• From https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath

JsonPath (click link to try)	Result
$.store.book[*].author	The authors of all books
$..author	All authors
$.store.*	All things, both books and bicycles
$.store..price	The price of everything
$..book[2]	The third book
$..book[-2]	The second to last book
$..book[0,1]	The first two books
$..book[:2]	All books from index 0 (inclusive) until index 2 (exclusive)
$..book[1:2]	All books from index 1 (inclusive) until index 2 (exclusive)
$..book[-2:]	Last two books
$..book[2:]	Book number two from tail
$..book[?(@.isbn)]	All books with an ISBN number
$.store.book[?(@.price < 10)]	All books in store cheaper than 10
$..book[?(@.price <= $['expensive'])]	All books in store that are not "expensive"
$..book[?(@.author =~ /.*REES/i)]	All books matching regex (ignore case)
$..*	Give me every thing
$..book.length()	The number of books