[WS] Validate JSON string against a schema

Description

Validate a JSON response body, request body, or string against a JSON schema. The JSON schema input can be a JSON string, URL, or file path.

Keyword name: validateJsonAgainstSchema

Parameters

Validate a JSON Object against a JSON Schema:

Parameter	Parameter Type	Required	Description
jsonObject	String	Yes	Specify the JSON object that needs to be validated.
jsonSchema	String	Yes	Specify the JSON schema used to validate the JSON object.
flowControl	FailureHandling	Optional	Specify failure handling schema to determine whether the execution should be allowed to continue or stop.

Validate a Response against a JSON Schema:

Parameter	Parameter Type	Required	Description
response	ResponseObject	Yes	Specify the response object that needs to be validated.
jsonSchema	String	Yes	Specify the JSON schema used to validate the response object.
flowControl	FailureHandling	Optional	Specify failure handling schema to determine whether the execution should be allowed to continue or stop.

Returns

Parameter Type	Description
Boolean	true: If the response passes the validation. false: If the response does not pass the validation.

Example

• Validate a JSON Object against a schema:

  import com.kms.katalon.core.webservice.keyword.WSBuiltInKeywords as WS
  
  String jsonPass =
  """
  {
    "\$id": "https://example.com/person.schema.json",
    "\$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "title": "Person",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "firstName": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The person's first name."
      },
      "lastName": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The person's last name."
      },
      "age": {
        "description": "Age in years which must be equal to or greater than zero.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0
      }
    }
  }
  """
  
  String jsonObject = 
  """
  {
    "firstName": "White",
    "lastName": "Walter",
    "age": 52
  }
  
  """
  
  boolean successful = WS.validateJsonAgainstSchema(jsonObject,jsonPass)
• Validate a Response against a schema:

  import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ResponseObject
  import com.kms.katalon.core.webservice.keyword.WSBuiltInKeywords as WS
  import com.kms.katalon.core.webservice.verification.WSResponseManager
  
  ResponseObject response = WSResponseManager.getInstance().getCurrentResponse()
  
  String jsonPass =
  """
  {
    "\$id": "https://example.com/person.schema.json",
    "\$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "title": "Person",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "firstName": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The person's first name."
      },
      "lastName": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The person's last name."
      },
      "age": {
        "description": "Age in years which must be equal to or greater than zero.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0
      }
    }
  }
  """
  
  boolean successful = WS.validateJsonAgainstSchema(response,jsonPass)