Test POST request to Gateway with SoapUI

This blog describes how to make POST calls containing CSRF tokens to Gateway using SoapUI.

The testcase contains 3 steps, and a property named CSRF,

Check field “Maintain HTTP session” under testcase options, this will make sure that the cookies set in the GET request are reused in the POST request,

1: Get CSRF

This will fetch the token via a GET request, add header “X-CSRF-Token” and value “Fetch”

2: Groovy Script

The script will take the token from the GET request and store it in the testcase “CSRF” property

”

def headerValue = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepByName(“Get CSRF”).httpRequest.response.responseHeaders[“x-csrf-token”];

log.info( headerValue[0] );

testRunner.testCase.setPropertyValue( “CSRF”, headerValue[0] );

”

3: POST

The actual request using the token, add header “X-CSRF-Token” with value “${#TestCase#CSRF}”, set content type according to input data