JSON Reader

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Read a JSON file that contains a list of objects and provides a new object from the list each time it is accessed.

The JSON file must contain a list of JSON objects, and each object must have the same properties.

Format

Value is the path, relative to requests/, of an file ending with .json.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Default
repeat	bool	whether values should be reused, e.g. when reaching the end it should start from the beginning again	False
random	bool	if rows should be selected by random, instead of sequential from first to last	False

Example

requests/example.json

[
  {
    "username": "bob1",
    "password": "some-password"
  },
  {
    "username": "alice1",
    "password": "some-other-password"
  },
  {
    "username": "bob2",
    "password": "password"
  }
]

And value for variable "AtomicJsonReader.example" is "example.json | random=False, repeat=True"

# Reference property by property
Then post request with name "authenticate" to endpoint "/api/v1/authenticate"
  """
  {
      "username": "{{ AtomicJsonReader.example.username }}",
      "password": "{{ AtomicJsonReader.example.password }}"
  }
  """

# Reference object
Then post request with name "authenticate" to endpoint "/api/v1/authenticate"
  """
  {{ AtomicJsonReader.example }}
  """

First request the payload will be:

{
    "username": "bob1",
    "password": "some-password"
}

Second request:

{
    "username": "alice1",
    "password": "some-other-password"
}