Using base URL in profile

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#1

Hello,
I want to re-use my base URL inside execution profile.
Example:

I have GlobalVariable.MainUrl = ‘facebook.com’

And inside the same execution profile I want to add new variable
GlobalVariable.Article1 = ‘GlobalVariable.MainUrl + /article1’

However it doesn’t work like that inside the profiles. What would be the correct syntax to do something like that?

#2

Try this:

GlobalVariable.Article1 = "${GlobalVariable.MainUrl}/article1"

Note that

  • the variable must exist in the profile, having whatever value (can be an empty string), globals are not created ‘on-the-fly’
  • global variables are scoped to testsuites, so it is not shared across testcases unless you run them in a testsuite
#3

Getting an error

Unable to navigate to '${GlobalVariable.MainUrl}/article1'
#4

did you used double-quotes, as in my example, or single-quotes (which does not work) ?
it worked for me:

GlobalVariable.Article1 = "${GlobalVariable.MainUrl}/article1"
println(GlobalVariable.Article1)

output:

2022-07-28 17:47:33.346 INFO  c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor   - START Test Cases/globaltest
before test case
2022-07-28 17:47:33.722 DEBUG testcase.globaltest                      - 1: Article1 = $GlobalVariable.MainUrl/article1
2022-07-28 17:47:33.913 DEBUG testcase.globaltest                      - 2: println(Article1)
facebook.com/article1
2022-07-28 17:47:33.928 INFO  c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor   - END Test Cases/globaltest
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#5

But I want to assign this value inside execution profile.

So I have

<GlobalVariableEntity>
      <description></description>
      <initValue>‘facebook.com'</initValue>
      <name>MainUrl</name>
   </GlobalVariableEntity>

And second variable that uses the first one

<GlobalVariableEntity>
      <description></description>
      <initValue>‘${GlobalVariable.MainUrl}/article1'</initValue>
      <name>Article1</name>
   </GlobalVariableEntity>

Putting the Value of second one in double quotes throws me an invalid character error

#6

why to do that?
it makes no sense, override the value of the new variable from the testcase script, this is why you have it
although you can simply use a local variable for this purpose, and you don’t need the global ‘Article’ one

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#7

Okay I see what you mean.
So in the Profile I only keep MainUrl and inside test cases i change value for the articles url

#8

exactly, whatever you need to compose from that mainurl you do it in the testcases code
that will keep your profile clean, and give you better control

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