Path equality comparison

The path_eq does the same check as eq but allows the check to be made inside the JSON object path at any depth. The path accessing pattern follows the javascript object accessing patterns.

Syntax

{
  ...
  "expect": {
    "path_eq": {
      "path": {"key": "value:"},
      "path.key1.key": 1
    }
  }
}

Example

The API has the following response.

{
  "people": [
    {
      "name": "ram",
      "age": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Shyam",
      "age": 21
    }
  ]
}

To test using path_eq check:

{
  ...
  "expect": {
    "body": {
      "path_eq": {
        "people[0]": {
          "name": "ram",
          "age": 20
        },
        "people[1].name": "Shyam"
      }
    }
  }
}

The above example shows how to access an object path to compare and check the values at any depths.

Note: If a path is not found, the value is always null. If you have a response with null values consider adding the path key in hasKey check as well to see if the key is present or not. Combining with hasKey will ensure the field is present and is null.

General use cases

• When a certain property in the nested object is known and must be the same.