Overwriting Request Body for Contract Tests

[PaulCluver]

Hi there,

I have a use case wherein I need to overwrite a default value that is stored in my open api spec. In my api spec, I set a default value for identificationNumber. I have certain business rules in place which preclude the repeated usage of this number. Basically, our system allows for the creation of only 1 application for a given ID number. While this is very simple to do in the context of a variation test, I have not found a way to do this in a contract test.

Given that overwriteRequestBody does not appear to be accessible within a contract test, does there exist a technique to affect such an override at the contractTest level?

Kind regards,
Paul.

[thim81]

Not 100% sure of your use-case, but would setting the ID number as a variable be a solution?

That way you could define a variable upfront or dynamically and use that in the request overwrite.

[PaulCluver]

Hi Tim,

Setting the ID number as a variable is an option that I previously explored. However, it ain't working. I can only assume that there is something incorrect in my configuration. Perhaps you can spot the issue here:

Contract Test Config.

Exception

Kind regards,
Paul

[thim81]

hi @PaulCluver

The overwrites have a separate section in the config. Since the overwrites will be applied for all "tests".
Have a look at an example:

https://github.com/apideck-libraries/portman/blob/main/portman-config.example.json

the structure is:

• tests
  • contractTests
  • contentTests
• assignVariables
• overwrites
• globals

[PaulCluver]

The above suggestion works perfectly. Thanks for the support