Download mar file in devtest test case

[Varun Chand]

Hi, 

I am trying to download the mar file using LISA Invoke 2.0 api in a DevTest  testcase. Below is the api i am using 

/VSEs/{serviceName}/{virtualServiceName}/actions/getMar

Could someone please guide how to download a mar file using the lisa invoke 2.0 api in a lisa test case..


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Thanks,
Varun Chand
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[Vaibhav Jain]

Hi Varun,

LISA Invoke APIs are for executing the testcases, suites and MARs.

If you are using 10.5 or above version:
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You can use Service Virtualization API v3 to download the mar files via http call.
Below is the syntax for the same:

GET /vses/{NameofVSE}/services/{NameofVirtualService}

This endpoint either retrieves information about an existing virtual service or gets the existing virtual service as a MAR file. You control which function is performed by setting the response content type header.

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If you are using version < 10.5

Use Virtual Service Invoke API in 2 steps

1. Get the vse ID:
GET /vses
2. Get the list of VS:
GET /vses/{vseId}/services
3.Download the mar
GET /vses/{vseId}/services/{serviceId}

Thanks.

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Regards,
Vaibhav Jain
Capgemini
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[Varun Chand]

Hi Vaibhav,

        I am using Devtest 10.5 version and I did try service Virtualization api in postman and am able to download the MAR file. However when i tried creating a devtest testcase am unable to download the same. 

Below are the steps i have tried
1) Created a HTTP/HTML Request step
2) Created a REST api step
3) Added header "accept:application/zip"

But it did not work in any of the case. Is there anything i have missed to add here.

[Vaibhav Jain]

Hi Varun,

I believe, you may not be able to download the mar from API in DevTest Testcase, as there is no out of box feature to save the attachment.

You can use curl to do the same in test case.

Thanks.

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Regards,
Vaibhav Jain
Capgemini
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[Varun Chand]

​Thanks Vaibhav, I was able to download using the curl command.

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Thanks,
Varun Chand
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