Postman Path Variables without slashs - api

I have a basic GET request with a CustomerName path variable that I am trying to access in Postman like so:
https://my-domain.com/../{{version}}/{{tenant}}/{{company}}/AR/ARCustomers(":CustomerName")
For some reason the : doesn't get recognized as a PATH variable without a / or \ in front of it like so /:. Additionally the path variable will be seen as CustomerName") unless I escape the ". If I was to enter this the way I think it expects then I would end up with ARCustomers("/:CustomerName/") but unfortunately when I do that it gets translated in the curl like so ARCustomers("/TEST/")' (adding the unnecessary /s).
How do I set a path variable without the forward slashes, is this not possible?
Additionally in this example I'm using " around my path variable but I actually need it to be ', unfortunately that two is causing issues with forward slashes in my cURL

if your url is like :
https://my-domain.com/AR/ARCustomers("/:CustomerName/")
Then in pre-request script use:
path = pm.request.toJSON().url.variable.find((a)=>a.key==="CustomerName").value
console.log(pm.request.url.toString())
pm.request.url=pm.request.url.toString().replace(`/${path}/`,path)
console.log(pm.request.url.toString())
Postman properties are exposed through pm object and you can modify most properties except body from prerequest script.
Here we are replacing /content/ with content

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API Timezone Parameter ignored by CURL

I have a Problem with the URL-Encoded Timezone parameter (Europe%2FBerlin) in an API request:
My API Request to get a data feed from thingspeak:
https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/CHANNELID/feed.csv?api_key=APIKEY&timezone=Europe%2FBerlin
If I post this into the Browser the Timezone Parameter is recognised and displayed correctly.
If I put the request into a curl command like this:
curl -o /Path/To/File.csv https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/CHANNELID/feed.csv?api_key=APIKEY&timezone=Europe%2FBerlin
... the timezone parameter is ignored.
How can this be fixed?
By quoting the URL. Put it within double quotes.
The '&'-symbol is treated special by the shell and is used to put the command in the background and then treat what's on the right side of it as a second, separate command.

Jmeter dynamic URL property with variable not substituted

I have a simple Jmeter test where I have a property to set the URL. The PATH in the Jmeter test is set to the following.
${__P(GET_URL,)}
This works well for all URLs that I have been working with, except for the ones where I need to pass a variable in the URL component.
For example, it works for http://server:port/getemployeelist when I run the test with -JGET_URL=/getemployeelist
Then I created a CSV config element to populate the variable EMP_ID.
Then if I run the test with -JGET_URL=/getemployee/${EMP_ID}, the EMP_ID variable is not getting substituted. Jmeter test gives me an error as follows:
java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index xx: https://://getemployee/${EMP_ID}
Appreciate any help/pointers.
It will not work this way, JMeter doesn't know anything about ${EMP_ID} at the time it is being started, you need to append this ${EMP_ID} to HTTP Request sampler "Path" in the runtime
Start JMeter as:
jmeter -JGET_URL=/getemployee/
Use CSV Data Set Config to read the EMP_ID from the CSV File
In the HTTP Request sampler use construction like /${__P(GET_URL,)}/${EMP_ID} to combine JMeter Property specified via -J command line argument and JMeter Variable originating from the CSV file.
If anything goes wrong first of all check jmeter.log file - it normally contains enough troubleshooting information. If there is nothing suspicious - use Debug Sampler and View Results Tree listener combination to inspect requests and response details, variables and properties names and values, etc.
Had asked this question a while back. Thought of posting the solution which I eventually ended up implementing. In the solution, I created a template jmx with a substitution variable for the HttpSampler.path and then replace the path at runtime. Following are the key points from the scripting done.
This turned out to be a simpler solution that worked for all kinds of API call patterns.
Created a template jmx (jmeter_test_template) with the following line.
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.path">#PATH#</stringProp>
This jmx has CSV config element to populate variable "EMP_ID". To create this file, just create a new test with any URL and then save it as a template and replace the URL with substitution variable #PATH#.
Created a wrapper script like run_any_api.sh with usage,
sh run_any_api.sh URL=http://server:port/myapp/employees/${EMP_ID}
In the wrapper script, this URL is replaced in place of the token.
sed "s/#PATH#/$URL" jmeter_test_template.jmx > jmeter_test_template.current_test.jmx
jmeter -t jmeter_test_template.current_test.jmx
Last but not the least, please remember to cleanup the temporary jmx,
rm jmeter_test_template.current_test.jmx

cronjob not working, but working in browser

So I have this weird behaviour:
A customers runs an oxid-shop. He bought a module and in its documentation, it stated:
Add 3 cronjobs: < url >
So, nothing too special so far. I tried it in the browser and everything worked fine. My output was:
Convert complete! 0 articles. File: google.xml
So the Script seems to work. Then I tried to combine it with a cronjob.
*/02 * * * * curl http://www.example.org/index.php?cl=param1&fnc=param2&rto=param3
as you can tell, a complete valid url (no special chars or something like this in the vars)
However, the output is the following:
Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "" in /usr/www/users/.../www2/core/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1094
I also tried it with lynx -dump URL. Same output. I can't modify the script, since it is encrypted.
Any idea what I could try? Might the be due to the params?
Tried it on 2 different servers with the same outcome.
The problem could in deed be that there are parameters in your URL.
When using [] or {} sequences when invoked from a command line prompt,
you probably have to put the full URL within double quotes to avoid
the shell from interfering with it. This also goes for other
characters treated special, like for example '&', '?' and '*'.
Source: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html
So you should try to enclose your URL with double quotes.

How to set and get variables when working in cmd

I am working in cmd to send HTTP GET and POST requests with cURL.
There are many times where I am sending requests to the same pages and typing them out every time is a huge pain.
I'm trying to figure out how to use set= so that I can save these URLs for each time I want to use them.
I've tried
C:\>set page = "http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/friends"
C:\>page
'page' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\>echo %page%
%page%
but it won't return the page name.
How can I accomplish what I need?
C:\Windows\system32>set page="http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/friends"
C:\Windows\system32>echo %page%
"http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/friends"
C:\Windows\system32>set page=http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/friends
C:\Windows\system32>echo %page%
http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/friends
Don't use spaces around =. Select version with or without " according to your needs. Variable value may contain spaces inside:
C:\Windows\system32>set page=http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/my friends
C:\Windows\system32>echo %page%
http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/my friends
You are setting the value "http://www.mywebpage.com/api/user/friends" inside the variable "page " (notice the space) since you have a space before the =.
So you can either retrieve the value by using %page % or by using set page="http://..." without a space between page and the equals sign

Pass parameter to SQL file from within another SQL file

I thought for sure there would be an SO question on this, but I haven't been able to find one.
I have 2 SQL files, myFile1.sql and myFile2.sql. myFile1.sql calls myFile2.sql like so:
-- In myFile1.sql:
#scripts/myFile2
This works with no problem, but now I'd like to pass an argument to the file. I've tried doing the following, with no success (results in a File Not Found exception):
#scripts/myFile2 'ImAnArgument'
Does anyone know what the syntax would be to do this?
I'm guessing your problem is that scripts/myFile2.sql is a relative path from the script it is located in. If that is so, then it is following that path from the directory where SQL*Plus was started (the current working directory). If this is the problem, then it's not the parameter that is the issue, but rather that SQL*Plus can't find the file. In this case, you should use ##, which invokes the path relative to the file it's located in.
The parameter should work just as you proposed (documentation). Parameters provided when invoking a file are placed into substitution variables (rather than bind variables) and can be referenced by using an ampersand followed by the argument number. In your example, 'ImAnArgument' would be &1.
After many attempts, I wasn't able to pass a parameter in (and I still don't understand why not). But here is what I did to get the same affect:
-- In myFile1.sql:
DEFINE my_arg = 'ImAnArgument';
#scripts/myFile2
Then
-- In myFile2.sql
-- Do stuff using the variable my_arg, such as
SELECT my_arg FROM my_table;