Pass data in chained API requests

Use variables to extract data from the previous response and feed it to another request in API Testing.

1. {
2.    "id":1,
3.    "name":"Leanne Graham",
4.    "username":"Bret",
5.    "address":{
6.       "city":"Gwenborough",
7.       "geo":{
8.          "lat":"-37.3159",
9.          "lng":"81.1496"
10.       }
11.    },
12.    "phoneNumbers":[
13.       {
14.          "type":"home",
15.          "number":"000-111-2222"
16.       },
17.       {
18.          "type":"mobile",
19.          "number":"111-222-3333"
20.       },
21.       {
22.          "type":"office",
23.          "number":"333-444-5555"
24.       }
25.    ]
26. }

1. [
2.       {
3.          "type":"home",
4.          "number":"000-111-2222"
5.       },
6.       {
7.          "type":"mobile",
8.          "number":"111-222-3333"
9.       },
10.       {
11.          "type":"office",
12.          "number":"333-444-5555"
13.       }
14.    ]
    

Property	Value
[1].number	111-222-3333
[-1].type	office

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2. <root>
3.    <address>
4.       <city>Gwenborough</city>
5.       <geo>
6.          <lat>-37.3159</lat>
7.          <lng>81.1496</lng>
8.       </geo>
9.    </address>
10.    <id>1</id>
11.    <name>Leanne Graham</name>
12.    <phoneNumbers>
13.       <element>
14.          <number>000-111-2222</number>
15.          <type>home</type>
16.       </element>
17.       <element>
18.          <number>111-222-3333</number>
19.          <type>mobile</type>
20.       </element>
21.       <element>
22.          <number>333-444-5555</number>
23.          <type>office</type>
24.       </element>
25.    </phoneNumbers>
26.    <username>Bret</username>
27. </root>

Example to store data from the first response and feed it to the second request as a query param

Example using a global variable as base URL of the request

In Variables section, create a variable named baseurl and assign the value https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/ to it.

Supply the following values for the API request.

HTTP method: GET

URL: {{$baseurl}}users/

Run the test to view its response. You can also see the variable value inserted in the request URL.

Related Links

1. Variables