How to embed an Example table values into Json in Scenario Outline in Gherkin

Question

Scenario Outline: I have an audit type <type>
    When a request is received
    """
    {
              "elements":{  
                 "type":<type>,
                 "id":"sku-1"
              }
    """
    Examples:
        |   type    |
        |   test1   |
        |   test2   |
        |   test3   |

How to solve the above problem to replace with the values given in Examples?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '17 at 00:55

2

I got it worked with simple change

Scenario Outline: I have an audit type <type>
    When a request is received
    """
    {
              "elements":{  
                 "type":'<type>',
                 "id":"sku-1"
              }
    """
    Examples:
        |   type    |
        |   test1   |
        |   test2   |
        |   test3   |

answered Aug 05 '17 at 00:55

Digital

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Yes, you just needed to surround `` with `''` . Still it would be better to keep feature files for business behavior and coding for the steps :) – Daniel Fintinariu Aug 05 '17 at 01:02
Some place, some time, there is always a valid use case. – tarrball Aug 12 '22 at 21:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 19 '20 at 15:32

Might be better not to use Doc String for JSON. Instead try this:

Scenario Outline: I have an audit type
    When a request is received of "<type>"

    Examples:
      | type  |
      | test1 |
      | test2 |
      | test3 |

Sorry, the response in in Ruby, not familiar with Java conversion from String to JSON object or Hashtable. I did however find this resource that might help to manage handle the JSON:

In Ruby:

When(/^a request is received of "([^"]*)"$/) do |type|
  json = eval("{'elements':{'type':'#{type}','id':'sku-1'}}")
end

First time this runs, json will be: {'elements':{'type':'test1','id':'sku-1'}}

Thank you @Daniel Fintinariu , I got the solution by referring to your solution — Digital, Aug 05 '17 at 00:57

How to embed an Example table values into Json in Scenario Outline in Gherkin

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