Test data handling using json parsing Java

Question

In our automation framework, we are handling the test data in the JSON file. below is the sample file

{
    "Sheet1": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "firstname": "test",
            "lastname": "last",
            "email": "jpenddreth0@census.gov",
            "gender": "female",
            "ip_address": "26.58.193.2"
        },
        {
            "id": "2",
            "firstname": "test2",
            "lastname": "last2",
            "email": "gfrediani1@senate.gov",
            "gender": "male",
            "ip_address": "229.179.4.212"
        }
    ]
}

first, we convert the JSON file into MapObject, from the map we will read the data.

def getObjectKeyValueInTheMapList(fileName,objectName,key) {
        def keyValue = []
        Map jsonMap = new LinkedHashMap() 
        jsonMap = converJsonToMapObject(fileName)
        def getKey = jsonMap.get(objectName)            
    }

getKey return

[[email:jpenddreth0@census.gov, firstname:test, gender:female, id:1, ip_address:26.58.193.2, lastname:last], [email:gfrediani1@senate.gov, firstname:test2, gender:male, id:2, ip_address:229.179.4.212, lastname:last2]]

from the above map, how can I get the email key value for id =1

ie if id = 1 then I want to read the email / firstname /lastname

Answer 1

Check this out. In Groovy you can define a map like this def jsonMap = [:] . You can get the values in many ways for example some of them: jsonMap.email or jsonMap.['email'] will return jpenddreth0@census.gov .

Answer 2

You have a list of maps and the goal is to find the map with the id==1 . If you have to do that more often, then the best approach is to shape your data in a better way to access them by id .

Eg build up a map of users by id with something like

def usersById = data.collectEntries{ [it.id, it] }

Then usersById[1] will give you the map with the id==1 .