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Use values from other fields

Use values from other fields¶

Dynamic Values
Use values from other fields

Variables from previous responses
Environment variables
Use File dynamic values anywhere
Useful dynamic values
How to make your own dynamic value

For general information about dynamic values and instructions on how to insert them in Paw see the introduction to dynamic values.

Reuse values from other fields in a very declarative way.

Request Header

Request Header¶

Returns the value of the given header name. It will get an header field from selected request, and return the value for the given header name.

com.luckymarmot.RequestHeaderDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to inspect the headers.

(current request)

Argument: header: DynamicString: None
The header name to extract.

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestHeaderDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid,
        header: 'Authorization' /* the header name from selected request */
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};

Request Method

Request Method¶

Returns the method of the selected request.

com.luckymarmot.RequestMethodDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to get the method from.

(current request)

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestMethodDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};

Request URL

Request URL¶

Returns the URL of the selected request. Optionally, can strip scheme, host and/or parameters.

com.luckymarmot.RequestURLDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to get the URL from.

(current request)

Argument: includeScheme: bool: ``true``

Include scheme on the returned URL.

true

Argument: includeHost: bool: ``true``

Include host on the returned URL.

true

Argument: includeParameters: bool: ``true``

Include parameters on the returned URL.

true

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestURLDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid,
        includeHost: false
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};

Request URL Param

Request URL Param¶

Returns an URL parameter of the selected request.

com.luckymarmot.RequestURLParamDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to get the URL parameter from.

(current request)

Argument: param: DynamicString: (current request)

The URL parameter to extract.

(current request)

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestURLParamDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid,
        param: 'query'
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};

Request Raw Body

Request Raw Body¶

Extracts the raw body of the selected request.

com.luckymarmot.RequestRawBodyDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to get the raw body from.

(current request)

Argument: header: DynamicString: (current request)

The name of the header to return.

(current request)

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestRawBodyDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid,
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};

Request Parsed Body

Request Parsed Body¶

Extract a field from the request body. It will parse the selected request body, and return the value (or serialized subtree) for the given key-path.

Format for Key Path extraction¶

To access nested levels use a dot separator. Use numbers to access elements in a list. As you start typing Paw will suggest autocomplete options for you.

Get nested dictionary keys (e.g. user.user_id)
Get nested array items (e.g. users.0 or user[0])
Get all items of an array (e.g. users.*.user_id)

com.luckymarmot.RequestBodyPathDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to get the parsed body from.

(current request)

Argument: keyPath: DynamicString: None
The body path to extract.

Argument: format: number: ``0`` (automatic)

The request format to use for parsing (0: automatic, 1: JSON, 2: XML, 3: Form URL-Encoded).

0 (automatic)

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestBodyPathDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid,
        keyPath: 'array[0].key.path' /* any dict key or array index */,
        format: 0 /* 0 = Automatic */
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};

Request Body Length

Request Body Length¶

Returns the body length of the selected request.

com.luckymarmot.RequestBodyLengthDynamicValue

Argument: request: string: (current request)

The UUID of the request to get the body length from.

(current request)

function evaluate(context){
    var requestUuid = context.getCurrentRequest().id;
    var dv = new DynamicValue('com.luckymarmot.RequestBodyLengthDynamicValue', {
        request: requestUuid
    });
    return dv.getEvaluatedString();
};