Parse and Read XML file using Groovy Script

While testing web services, we might end up parsing and reading XML files for different purposes. Let us see how can we use groovy script effectively to parse/ read XML file. 

In this example, let us consider the below XML file named "DATASHEET.xml".

Now we need a groovy script to read the data from the above XML file. Let us see the below Groovy Script.

def alert = com.eviware.soapui.support.UISupport;

//Define a file pointer for groovy to handle the file operations.

def inputFile = new File("C:\\SOAPUI\\DATASHEET.xml")

if(!inputFile.exists())

{

    //Display an alert if the file is not found.

    alert.showInfoMessage("Input File 'DATASHEET.xml' not found!");   

}

else

{

    //Read and parse XML file and store it into a variable

    def InputXML = new XmlParser().parseText(inputFile.text)

    //Find/ Filter XML nodes based on a condition

    def InputRow = InputXML.Employee.findAll{

        it.Age.text().toInteger() > 19;   

        //We are finding all XML nodes where the age > 19

    }

    InputRow.each{

            //Display the value of name node from the filtered record

            log.info(it.Name.text());

        }

} 

If you want to do data driven testing using groovy script in soapUI to test web services, then you might consider the above script to do the same. Se if you have an XML file with test case name, parameters and an action column to control the execution flow, you can read the XML file by using this groovy script and set the parameters as properties of a test case and use it dynamically. This can be achieved by using the script in conjunction with the soapUI setup and teardown features.