A sample Automation Framework using SOAP UI

Test Configuration Files:Test configuration files  are used to set the configuration for the following:

3^rd party API’s:

JavaExcel:JExcel an opensource 3^rd party API is used  along with groovy to provide datasource to SOAPUI for Data Driven Testing, as the open-source version of SOAPUI doesn’t have any inbuilt feature to perform Data Driven Testing.

Groovy.Jar: Groovy is used as a scripting language to create automation framework Groovy .jar is added to SOAPUI to Lib folder of the tool.

Test Runner:Test Runner.bat gets called each time when a test case is executed in Soap UI.

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SoapUI Project / script file:SoapUI project is a collection of Test Suites which contains Test cases .A test case a   :

1. Groovy script to input the request

2. SOAP Request:Soap request with input parameters configured.

3. Assertions :Using Xpath assertions to validate data at each node

4.Groovy Script to generate the Report or update the result flag in Test properties.