SoapUI correlation (property transfer) - properties

Question

I have a REST request that respond with the following:
{
"access_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6IlQwWE8xNnAtMmZzMWxremV5",
"expires_in": 2592000,
"token_type": "Bearer"
}
I want to take the value of access_token, store it in a property and reuse it for two subsequent requests.
Following some tutorial here, when running the request that obtains the access_token I get a:
error parsing target property: error unexpected element CDATA
But why?
There is no CDATA in my raw response.

Answer 1

If you've problems using transfer properties step to get the JSON value from your response, you can use a groovy test step to achieve your goal.
So create a groovy test step to parse your response, get your value and set it as a property (for example at testCase level) with the follow code:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
// get response using the name of your test step
def response = context.expand('${REST Test Request#Response}')
// parse response
def jsonResp = new JsonSlurper().parseText(response)
// get the token an set as a property in the testCase
testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue('access_token',jsonResp.access_token)
Then in the other testSteps (REST or SOAP...) you can use the follow code to get the access_token value you set in the testCase:
${#TestCase#access_token}
Hope this helps,