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How to remove an attribute from RequestSpecification/FilterableRequestSpecification body?

Dears,
I am working on creating a simple method which will take String argument which will be a path or other kind "pointer" to attribute/s in JSON and this method will remove those attribute/s.
My problem is I can find values of those attribute/s using JsonPath, but I can't find methods in rest assured (or other libraries) which could remove/delete attributes by given path.
JSON is already added earlier so i need to pull him from RequestSpecification or FilterableRequestSpecification object ex.
RequestSpecification rs = *objFromContext*;
FilterableRequestSpecification frs= (FilterableRequestSpecification) rs;
frs.getBody();
I've tried to work with JSONObject class and remove() but it doesn't work on complex JSONs.
given example JSON
{
"created": "string",
"updated": "string",
"items": [
{
"code": "TEST",
"nested": {
"code": "test",
"name": "name",
"other": [
{
"code": "TEST",
"name": "myName",
"quantity": 1
}
]
},
"itemsProperties": [
{
"code": "value1",
"name": "name",
"value": 123
}
]
},
{
"code": "TEST",
"nested": {
"code": "test",
"name": "name",
"other": [
{
"code": "TEST",
"name": "myName",
"quantity": 1
}
]
},
"itemsProperties": [
{
"code": "value2",
"name": "name",
"value": 123
}
]
}
],
"timer": {
"startDate": "2015-01-01",
"endDate": "2021-01-02"
},
"id": "myId"
}
using JsonPath jp = JsonPath.from(httpRequest.getBody().toString());
and then jp.get(items.itemsproperties.code) i can find value1 and value2.
I stuck in this point: How to remove those attributes from sended body?
I know i can convert body into JSONObject and then go field after field conversion between getJSONArray and GetJSONOBject and remove those fields, but i would like to make this metod much more universal.
Is this possible?

If you want to manipulate json in Rest-Assured JsonPath, then the answer is No. You can't do that. JsonPath help you to extract value from json, that's it, no more.
You have to use different libraries to remove key-value pair.
For example: using JsonPath Jayway
DocumentContext parse = JsonPath.parse(body);
parse.delete("$..itemsProperties..code");
System.out.println(parse.jsonString());

I need to send the request correctly, but I don't know how to get the required values from objects

How to get a new list from the list of objects?
I need a new list of objects to POST request
this list of objects i get from response:
{
"success": true,
"body": {
"users": [
{
"type": "unknown",
"data": [
{
"id": "8",
"firstName": "Jackson",
"lastName": "Baker",
"group": "false"
},
{
"id": "11",
"firstName": "Charlotte",
"lastName": "Garcia",
"group": "false"
},
{
"id": "7",
"firstName": "Henry",
"lastName": "Thompson",
"group": "false"
},
{
"id": "24",
"firstName": "Elijah",
"lastName": "Miller",
"group": "false"
}
]
}
]
}
}
I need to form a new object from response:
{
"success": true,
"body": {
"users": [
{
"type": "unknown",
"data": [
{
"id": "8",
"group": "false"
},
{
"id": "11",
"group": "false"
},
{
"id": "7",
"group": "false"
},
{
"id": "24",
"group": "false"
}
]
}
]
}
}
This new list of object I need to post a request.
I have a JSON Schema, but i don't know how i can make this structure.
My problem is that I can't get the values from fields. I'm using the path "body.users.data.find {it.id} .id" but it finds the id array but I need a users list with values from two fields.

As the users node and data node are all list type, you need use two loop:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
// text is your json response text
def result = new JsonSlurper().parseText(text)
result.body.users.each{it.data.each{it.remove("firstName");it.remove("lastName")}}
// result is the what you wanted
println(result)

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Nested JSON Array in Java
I have a somewhat odd json as a response from a REST api(POST) call. I need to find out the id and name of the sub_items array in each items array element.
I tried like given below for which I am getting error like
org.json.JSONException: JSONObject["items.sub_items"] not found.
I also tried just 'sub_items' as the parameter also, but no. I am using GSON. No choice use others.
final JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(JSON_STRING);
final JSONArray subItems = jsonObj.getJSONArray("items.sub_items");
final int n = subItems.length();
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
final JSONObject subI= subItems.getJSONObject(i);
System.out.println("id="+subI.getString("id"));
System.out.println("name="+subI.getString("name"));
}
The following is my json as a response from a REST api call.
{
"menu": {
"items": [{
"id": 1,
"code": "hot1_sub1_mnu",
"name": "Mutton",
"status": "1",
"sub_items": [{
"id": "01",
"name": "Mutton Pepper Fry",
"price": "100"
}, {
"id": "02",
"name": "Mutton Curry",
"price": "100"
}]
},
{
"id": "2",
"code": "hot1_sub2_mnu",
"name": "Sea Food",
"status": "1",
"sub_items": [{
"id": "01",
"name": "Fish Fry",
"price": "150"
}]
},
{
"id": "3",
"code": "hot1_sub3_mnu",
"name": "Noodles",
"status": "1",
"sub_items": [{
"id": "01",
"name": "Chicken Noodles",
"price": "70"
}, {
"id": "02",
"name": "Egg Noodles",
"price": "60"
}]
}
]
}}

As I said, my JSON is a response from an REST api call, and it is 7300 lines long, like shown below with the outline, as shown in code beautifier.
object {3}
infoTransferReqResp {1}
paramExtens : null
pageGroups {1}
pageGroups [1]
0 {4}
page_group_name : LFG - LG - Insured Summary
page_group_id : 8100
**pages [3]**
repeatingBlocks {1}
I needed to extract a string value 'questionText' from inside 'Pages' array. I used jsonPath() method with navigation path as given below which solved the problem.
JsonPath jsonPathEvaluator = response.jsonPath();
List<List<List<String>>> questions = jsonPathEvaluator.getList("pageGroups.pageGroups.pages.questions.questionText");
It gave me 3 ArrayLists one embedded in another corresponding to 3 arrays of 'pages'

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I would like to modify the data inside nested json (Map<String, Object>) by using java.util.stream.
This is Json Data
{
"schoolId": "10928391",
"schoolName": "school A",
"teachers" : [
{
"teacherId": "00001",
"teacherName:": "teacher A",
"subject": "Computer Science",
"lectures": [
{
"id": "CS102",
"name": "Algorithm"
},
{
"id": "CS330",
"name": "Data Communications and Networking"
}
]
},
{
"teacherId": "00002",
"teacherName:": "teacher B",
"subject": "Computer Science",
"lectures": [
{
"id": "CS103",
"name": "Data Structure"
},
{
"id": "CS104",
"name": "Data Structures in C++"
}
]
},
{
"teacherId": "00003",
"teacherName:": "teacher C",
"subject": "Computer Science",
"lectures": [
{
"id": "CS100",
"name": "Introduction to Programming (Java)"
},
{
"id": "CS401",
"name": "Object Oriented Programming"
}
]
}
]
}
--
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String, Object> schoolInfo = mapper.converValue(restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.GET, .... ).getBody(), HashMap.class);
the Json data above is inside schoolInfo
the data what I want to access and modify is lectures.
I tried to modify all the elements inside lectures(array).
for example,
"lectures": [
{
"id": "CS102",
"name": "Algorithm"
},
{
"id": "CS330",
"name": "Data Communications and Networking"
}
]
Replace all lecture information in the lecture data as follows.
"lectures": [
{
"lectureId": "CS102",
"lectureName": "Algorithm",
"lectureRoom": "Room A-1"
},
{
"lectureId": "CS330",
"lectureName": "Data Communications and Networking",
"lectureRoom": "Room A-2"
}
]
with map, filter I could access to "teachers" object
but I couldn't figure out how to get "lectures" objects inside the "teachers"
System.out.println(jsonMap.entrySet().stream()
.filter(map -> map.getKey().equals("teachers")).collect(Collectors.toList()).toString());
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{
"RequestXml": {
"Authenticate": {
"InterfaceCode": "1",
"InterfaceAuthKey": "AirticketOnlineWebSite",
"AgentCode": "MOS0000001",
"Password": "KGBW5P"
},
"BookTicketRequest": {
"TrackNo": "0$182967|4|1AO",
"MobileNo": "9099776464",
"AltMobileNo": "9898989898",
"Email": "abc#gmail.com",
"Address": "Test",
"ClientRequestID": "",
"Passengers": {
"Passenger": [
{
"PaxSeqNo": "1",
"Title": "Mr",
"FirstName": "Savan",
"LastName": "Test",
"PassengerType": "A",
"DateOfBirth": "01/12/1992",
"PassportNo": "RTTTTGGBGB56356",
"PassportExpDate": "01/12/2024",
"PassportIssuingCountry": "IND",
"NationalityCountry": "IND"
}
]
},
"Segments": {
"Segment": [
{
"TrackNo":"0$182967|4|1AO",
"SegmentSeqNo": "1",
"AirlineCode": "UK",
"FlightNo": "888",
"FromAirportCode": "BOM",
"ToAirportCode": "DEL",
"DepDate": "30/09/2019",
"DepTime": "14:00",
"ArrDate": "30/09/2019",
"ArrTime": "16:00",
"FlightClass": "E",
"MainClass": "Y"
}
]
},
"AdditionalServices": {
},
"TotalAmount": "4735",
"MerchantCode": "PAY9zJhspxq7m",
"MerchantKey": "eSpbcYMkPoZYFPcE8FnZ",
"SaltKey": "WHJIIcNjVXaZj03TnDme",
"IsTicketing": "Yes"
}
}
}