Getting ready

I have added a sample properties file called test-properties.txt, which contains the following code:

environmentName=Dev Test
invoiceEndpoint=http://localhost:9000
userName=test
password=password

There is a completed sample project called PropertiesProject in the Chapter 2 samples.

How to do it...

First, we create a new empty project, TestSuite and TestCase. Then, we add a Property TestStep to read the properties from the test-properties.txt file using a project property to store the file's path. Finally, we write a Groovy TestStep to use property expansions to access the loaded property values from the Property TestStep, and we then return and log the values. Perform the following steps:

How it work...

The Properties TestStep is parameterized to take its filename from a project-level property called propertiesFile. This is done for easy switching; for example, you can have several properties files, one for each test environment.

The Groovy TestStep is just there for demo purposes and to illustrate the use of property expansions to access the properties loaded by the Property TestStep. This step can easily be replaced by a web service request TestStep, taking the endpoint and credentials as property expansions.

The main learning is that you can avoid hardcoding parameters, and to do this, it's important to have a grasp of the ways to use properties in SoapUI.

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